Healthcare issues

Source: LSEG

BofA Securities led the underwriting of healthcare issuance in 2023, with $3.3549 billion in total.

Healthcare issuance in 2023 was lower than usual, as many issuers were still using COVID-related federal aid. The largest issuances came from the Massachusetts Development Finance Agency.

Officials at the country's largest municipal healthcare system are tracking COVID-19 costs as they face headwinds from the state and federal governments.

The taxing and regulating of a new product that's ingested into the lungs to deliver nicotine is dealt with under federal, state and local laws. William Cox explains Kroll Bond Rating Agency's thoughts about vaping and the associated revenues for governments. John Hallacy hosts.

Halifax Health cannot use bonds to finance the construction of its 95-bed hospital in Deltona, a Volusia County judge ruled this week, dealing a setback to the public health system's strategy to pay for the $105 million project.

While there have been many attempts to contain healthcare costs, bond specialist Randy Miller and Dr. Philip Romero of the University of Oregon discuss their “Health Insurance Revenue Bond” and how this new approach in prerefunding liability can contain costs. John Hallacy hosts.