Global Policy Group^® advises clients in North America, Japan, and Europe on a wide variety of pension and health care policy issues through retainer relationships and customized consulting assignments.  Examples include:

• a project on pricing and distribution in the U.S. public- and private-sector markets for wheelchairs, walkers, and other assistive medical devices

• a study of U.S. regulation of medical devices and Medicare durable medical equipment reimbursement policies

• a study of the drug reimportation debate and its impact on biopharmaceuticals

• a series of reports on the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and its implications for pension plan management and corporate governance

• client presentations on such issues as:
  − U.S. health care and pension policy and regulation
  − the impact of managed care on the health care system and pharmaceutical market
  − U.S. pension issues, including Social Security reform, private pension fund trends, and pension plan solvency

 

In addition, Global Policy Group^® provides clients with regular coverage of key pension and retirement savings policy issues, including:

• Private pension reform

• Social Security reform

• Pension plan internal governance

• The federal Thrift Savings Plan

• Operation of the Social Security trust fund

• Totalization agreements

• ESOPs and stock bonus pension plans

• Mutual fund regulation

• Financial literacy education

 

Global Policy Group^® also provides clients with coverage of such health care policy issues as:

• Medicare and Medicaid reform

• The Medicare prescription drug benefit

• Managed care regulation

• Drug coverage issues

• U.S. blood donor programs

• Tobacco regulation

• State health care programs

• Health care fraud

• U.S. vaccine stockpiles