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Singapore Updates Data Privacy Rules for Healthcare Sector

Triage Health Law

Singapore as a medical tourism destination Singapore boasts a strong healthcare sector that is supported by advanced IT and digital systems and infrastructure. It attracts more than 500,000 medical tourists annually, accounting for approximately US$ 1 billion in tourism spending. billion by 2029 [1].

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Paid Parental Leave and the New Surrogacy Regime in Israel: How do Men Fare?

Bill Of Health

Their growing prevalence notwithstanding, policies fail to take these families into account, opting instead for a benefit-by-benefit recognition through court decisions, resulting in a patchwork of rights and legal instability.

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Regulating International Commercial Surrogacy

Bill Of Health

Fair trade standards such as payment of a fair price, good working conditions, and transparency and accountability are also relevant to the regulation of surrogacy. Scholars have proposed that a new international regulatory framework could adopt an approach based on fair trade.

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Prescription Drugs in the Pandemic, Year 2: Pricing Rx and Going Direct-to-Consumer

Health Populi

bn for patient spending on branded drug cost-sharing after accounting for manufacture-financed support. Exhibit 3 shows these costs for each stakeholder, totaling $93 billion. These are, in order of magnitude: $35.8 bn for the cost of physician practice time interactive with payers about prior authorization.