Earlier this month, Wal-Mart dropped a bombshell on the health care industry. A memo from the retail giant obtained by National Public Radio revealed that the company would seek partners to help it “dramatically . . . lower the cost of health care . . . by becoming the largest provider of primary health care services in the nation.”
Last week, the Health 2.0 venture Practice Fusion held its second annual Connect conference in San Francisco. Practice Fusion is an exciting business for a few reasons:
This month, consulting firm Oliver Wyman released a new study revealing that — surprise, surprise — health insurance premiums will increase by several thousand dollars over the next ten years.
Last week, Ohio’s voters amended their state’s constitution to say that they wouldn’t be bound by the federal individual health insurance mandate. The Buckeye State is now the 13th state to reject the mandate.
The Food and Drug Administration just held its first public meeting to set the course for the future regulation of prescription drugs and medical devices in this country.
In a crowded field for the Republican presidential nomination, only two candidates have real records of achievement on healthcare reform: Gov. Rick Perry and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.
It’s no secret that President Barack Obama based his costly, mandate-driven health care overhaul on Massachusetts’ 2006 reform experiment — despite former Bay State Governor and current Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s claims to the contrary.
