MASSDEVICE ON CALL — Recent data exposures from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid have raised eyebrows about the cost of U.S. healthcare and variability among care providers, but Biomet CEO Jeffrey Binder insists that medical devices are not to blame.
In a new editorial written for Philly.com, Binder defended the industry and its role in the ever-rising cost of U.S. healthcare, writing that medtech more often helps curb costs by keeping people healthier longer and out of the hospital.
“Over the last three decades, medical advancements have helped add 5 years to U.S. life expectancy, while cutting fatalities from heart disease and stroke by more than half,” Binder wrote. “These advancements have also helped cut the number of days people spent in hospitals by nearly 60%.”
