While accession to the WTO is not high on the list of the current leadership in the Kremlin, private investors like David Bonderman of TPG Capital have said that entry into the organization would ultimately help modernize Russian corporate law and transparency.

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While the law says the IPAB can try innovative approaches to modernize care, the Congressional Budget Office does not count these programs as achieving any meaningful cost savings.

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