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HealthcareWalmart, Disruptors Take Aim At US Healthcare’s High Costs
The COVID-19 pandemic and the related U.S. recession have combined to make already-soaring healthcare costs even more of a crisis. But an...
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EconomyHealthcare Costs Concerning For Voters (And Their Wallets)
Perhaps it may be the coronavirus – understandably so – that is spurring Americans to think of healthcare costs. And healthcare costs...
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HealthcareCan Payments Solve Healthcare’s $20K-Per-Family Cost Burden?
We all know the drill. After receiving treatment at a hospital (whether an in-and-out affair, such as an MRI, or a multi-day...
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HealthcareThe Why Behind So Many Healthcare Payment Buys
Healthcare needs some fixing, especially when it comes to providing a continuum of efficient care, making it affordable — and getting providers...
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Today In DataToday In Data: The Power Of Pricing
The conventional wisdom in retail is that pricing is almost everything: Lob a discount, and the consumers will come. But recent research...
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HealthcareThe Slippery Relationship Between Bankruptcy And Medical Debt
In 2005, Senator Elizabeth Warren – then a professor – published an academic paper along with David Himmelstein, Deborah Thorne and Steffie Woolhandler, in...
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AmazonAmazon Healthcare Venture Still Seeking CEO
The healthcare venture formed by Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase is having a hard time finding a CEO. According to CNBC,...
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MatchmakersSteadyMD: How Healthcare Payments Tech Can Give Every American A Concierge Doctor
From the patient side, the many unpleasant points in the modern distribution of primary care in the U.S. are readily apparent. Appointments take a...
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MatchmakersMarketplace Partnership Brings Competition To Healthcare
At first, consumers weren’t bothered by the steep climb in healthcare costs, because their employers were covering their services. If they needed...
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RetailAlegeus’ Voice Assistant Emma Offers a Healthy Dialogue on Health
What do health savings accounts (HSA) or flexible spending accounts (FSA) do for consumers? Most of the people who have one couldn’t...
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RegulationSmall Business Owners Ready For Congress To Take On Costs
The failure of the United States Congress to either repeal or replace Obamacare has left America’s small business owners looking to Congress...
