What merger mania means for health care
CNN Money- by Paul R. La Monica- March 8, 2018: 12:32 PM ET Get ready for another wave of massive health care deals -- and maybe this time the government will approve…
Google sister-company Verily is plotting a move into a fast-growing corner of the health insurance industry
CNBC -Christina Farr | @chrissyfarr -Updated 11:27 AM ET Tue, 27 Feb 2018 Verily's new hires and partnerships point to a move into health insurance. The company is looking to…
Privacy on keyboard
The Future of Healthcare Could Be a Privacy Nightmare
TONIC - Susan Rinkunas -Feb 8 2018, 10:54am The Amazon healthcare effort and CVS-Aetna merger raise lots of questions. Last Tuesday, Amazon, JP Morgan, and Berkshire Hathaway announced that they…
Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Team Up to Try to Disrupt Health Care
NY Times- By NICK WINGFIELD, KATIE THOMAS and REED ABELSON JAN. 30, 2018 SEATTLE — Three corporate behemoths — Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase — announced on Tuesday that they…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
