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Stockholders approve Centene’s $17 billion purchase of WellCare
99 percent voted of Wellcare's stockholders voted in favor of adopting the merger agreement
20 Facts About the World's Billion-Dollar Startups
A new study compares what these "unicorn" companies have in common.
How to Earn a Billion-Dollar Valuation For Your Startup
What can you do today in your startup to join the elite group of young companies that are currently valued at one billion dollars or more by investors and stockholders?
Four Tips for Purchasing a Healthcare Company
The healthcare industry is a high-growth field. Learn our top tips for before purchasing a healthcare company.
How Do Pre-Existing Conditions Affect Your Health Insurance Coverage?
One of the major drawbacks of health insurance coverage is that the companies that you purchase the insurance from often do not cover pre-existing conditions.
Instead of Medicare for all, how about Medicare for more?
What if Medicare was available for purchase by anyone below age 65?
Would ‘Medicare for All’ Save Billions or Cost Billions?
We asked a handful of economists and think tanks to find out.
Is it time to end hospital value-based purchasing?
The latest results of Medicare's Hospital Value-Based Purchasing program were dismal but unsurprising, and some policy experts are beginning to wonder if the program should be shelved.
What To Consider Before Purchasing Long-Term Care Insurance
Before you purchase long-term care coverage for yourself or a loved one, you may want to ask yourself a couple of questions. Is long-term care coverage something you need? If so, when is the right time to purchase it? Your answers to these questions will lead you to making the right decision.
5 Questions the Smartest Employers Ask When Purchasing Health Care for Employees
Asking these questions can spark a real and meaningful change for your company and for our broken and malfunctioning health care system.
Don't Build a Billion-Dollar Business. Really.
The better goal? Keep your head down, make a great product, and build a successful business. Silicon Valley prays at the altar of the billion-dollar business. And for good reason: These companies define industries, give the founders so-called “F-you money,” and provide VCs with a return that can counterbalance a dozen lousy investments. I don’t....
Researcher: Medicare Advantage plans costing billions more than they should
Switching seniors to Medicare Advantage plans has cost taxpayers tens of billions more than keeping them in original Medicare
What Does it Take to Get to a Billion Dollars?
The term “unicorn” and is used to describe startups that are still privately held and are valued at over a billion dollars.
How Many of the Uninsured Can Purchase a Marketplace Plan for Free?
This analysis looks at how many of the remaining uninsured are eligible for premium subsidies that are large enough to cover the entire cost of a bronze plan, which is the minimum level of coverage…
Why Medicare Advantage costs taxpayers billions more than it should
Critics warned of billing abuse in Medicare Advantage health plans, but oversight is lagging.
Stressed at work? Employee burnout accounts for billions in health care spending
Increase in health care spending attributed to increase in diabetes, heart disease, increased weight, high cholesterol and mental health issues.
Should I Invest in the Employee Stock Purchase Plan?
Taking part in an Employee Stock Purchase Plan can be an important part of your overall financial picture, but you’ll need to strategize.
Employers’ disruptive purchasing strategies are, well, disruptive
It’s an established fact: High health care costs are hurting employers and employees. For years, employers tried to curb their spend by implementing…
Why HTA and Pooled Purchasing Must Be at the Heart of Global Health Transitions
As middle income countries transition from donor support and increasingly use domestic funds to finance health programmes that have previously received substantial external aid, it is imperative that they build and use Health Technology Assessment capacities so that they can prioritise investment in good value technologies and services.
Employee Benefits: Do You Have the Option to Purchase Additional Vacation Days
A lot of people are talking about employee benefits right now. They are deciding which medical plan to choose(the answer should be HSA!), reviewing their investment choices and maybe even increasi…
