When your insurer denies a valid claim because of ‘lack of medical necessity’

Los Angeles Times- By DAVID LAZARUS -JAN 23, 2018 | 3:00 AM We learned last week that roughly 3.2 million more Americans were uninsured in 2017 — hard data attesting to…

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This Company’s AI-Fueled Tech Is About to Bring Digital Health Care to Millions

FORTUNE- By SY MUKHERJEE 7:00 AM EST - JANUARY 17,2018 Digital health firm HealthTap and Bupa, a health care provider that offers both insurance and medical services to millions around the…

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CVS-Aetna deserves chance to disrupt health-care system

THE HILL : BY DR. ROGER KLEIN, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR — 01/10/18 07:00 PM EST -THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL On…

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Tax on medical devices to resume after 2-year suspension

CNBC via AP- JANUARY 1ST, 2018 While much of corporate America will enjoy a tax cut in the new year, one industry is getting a tax increase it has fought…

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How the New U.S. Tax Plan Will Affect Health Care

Harvard Business Review: David Blumenthal- December 19, 2017 The new Republican tax bill, which the House passed this afternoon and the Senate is expected to approve tonight, is complex, but what…

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UnitedHealth Buys Large Doctors Group as Lines Blur in Health Care

NY Times - By REED ABELSON DEC. 6, 2017 In another example of the blurring boundaries in the health care industry, UnitedHealth Group, one of the nation’s largest insurers, said on…

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UnitedHealth’s Splish Beats CVS-Aetna’s Splash

Bloomberg Gadfly - By Brooke Sutherland Max Nisen - Dec 6, 2017 11:52 AM EST UnitedHealth Group Inc. is that kid in school who's always doing better than you.The $214 billion company…

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On children’s health coverage, congressional inaction has brought us to the ‘nightmare scenario’

LA TIMES - Micahel Hiltzik- November 27, 2017 Child healthcare advocates have been warning, and warning, and warning that Congress’ delay on reauthorizing funds for the Children’s Health Insurance Program…

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Amazon’s cloud is about to announce a huge health-care deal with Cerner

CNBC- Christina Farr | Jordan Novet Published 11:21 AM ET Wed, 22 Nov 2017 Updated 1:22 PM ET Wed, 22 Nov 2017 Amazon's cloud unit to partner with Cerner: Sources Amazon's…

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I.R.S. Starts to Enforce Health Law’s Rule That Employers Offer Insurance

NY TIMES- By STACY COWLEY NOV. 16, 2017 As Republicans and the Trump administration continue trying to chip away at the Affordable Care Act, the Internal Revenue Service has begun, for…

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