Amazon buys online pharmacy PillPack I predicted this several months ago. When Amazon bought Whole Foods it seemed to me that the best part of that deal was real estate. Having parking and a presence in better-off neighborhoods was perfect. The rest of the puzzle was the absolute mess of dru[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Obamacare’
June 28th, 2018 - 8:25 am § in Schools & Colleges, The Ave Scene
In the midst of Trump’s war on Obamacare, there is another huge disruptive force, Amazon.
November 17th, 2017 - 12:01 am § in Politics
Universal Healthcare
Jon Walker’s series on health care and the path to universal, affordable coverage in the United States. PART 1 This is a critical moment for the future of health care. President Barack Obama’s market-based Affordable Care Act (ACA) has simply not lived up to many of its big promises, and[...]
November 11th, 2017 - 12:41 am § in Misc.
CHINA: Cutting Costs of Medical Care
BEIJING, April 8 (Xinhua) — Beijing started a landmark reform drive Saturday that will separate drug sales from medical treatment at public hospitals, lower medical expenses and improve services for patients. As of 6 a.m., 2,605 Beijing hospitals had switched to a new billing system, which rep[...]
August 2nd, 2017 - 1:55 am § in Hypocrisy
SINGLE PAYER, MEET ALL PAYER:
THE SURPRISING STATE THAT IS QUIETLY REVOLUTIONIZING HEALTH CARE David Dayen of The Intercept (Edited text) July 24 2017, 8:20 a.m. Maryland, the one state is where a combination of fewer institutional barriers and existing health care structures could make health-care-for-all an achie[...]
July 25th, 2017 - 9:24 pm § in Politics
Renewed GOP Push To Repeal Obamacare Crashes Spectacularly
Emboldened by winning a procedural vote Tuesday afternoon, the GOP Senate leadership pushed Obamacare repeal to a vote Tuesday night, and the maneuver crashed spectacularly. Needing 60 votes to pass, it got only 43, with all Democrats and 9 Republicans voting “nay.” Read story here and h[...]
July 24th, 2017 - 11:22 pm § in Donald Trump
TRUMP Threatens to Fire His Health Secretary
“He better get them. Oh, he better, otherwise I’ll say, ‘Tom, you’re fired.’ I’ll get somebody.” President Donald Trump threatened to fire Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price if Congress does not repeal the Affordable Care Act. Speaking at the Boy Scout Jamboree on Monday, Tr[...]
July 19th, 2017 - 12:03 am § in Misc.
Major insurance groups call part of health bill ‘unworkable’
America’s Health Care Plans and the BlueCross BlueShield Association, wo of the insurance industry’s most powerful organizations, say a crucial provision in the Senate Republican health care bill allowing the sale of bare-bones policies is “unworkable in any form,” delivering a blow to par[...]
July 18th, 2017 - 4:01 am § in Hypocrisy
How Long Will McCain Be Out?
The GOP is Using John McCain’s Surgery as An Excuse to Delay A Vote of TRUMPCARE BUT, What is Wrong With McCain? The original story that Senator McCain had minor surgery to remove a blood clot above his left eye is false. McCain had a craniotomy, that is surgery where his skull was opened to[...]