“There are serious proposals in this Congress aimed at healthcare reform. These involve the first serious discussions about healthcare reform since 1993-94.”

Martha Kendrick, a partner in the Patton Boggs (Washington) law firm discussing the prospects for meaningful near-term healthcare reform in the U.S. at the Frost & Sullivan Medical Devices 2008 conference, “In uncertain times, healthcare reform still open to question,” pp. 1, 6.