By Caitlin Kelly If you move to the United States from any nation with single-payer government-run healthcare, you might be gobsmacked by what you encounter here. You’ll learn new words and phrases like: “pre-existing condition”, “co-pay”, “annual deductible” and “usual and customary.” If you get a full-time job with benefits, you will be mostly preoccupied […]Continue reading “The Health Care Debate 2017”
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American Healthcare
(Source: http://www.businessinsider.com) It’s getting little attention right now as the GOP-led Congress struggles to pass a bill to repeal and replace Obamacare, but our employer-sponsored health insurance system is the elephant in the room. In Washington, the debate largely centers on the level of assistance the federal government should provide to the millions of people […]Continue reading “American Healthcare”
SanPower Pharmaceuticals
Originally published on Jan 11 2017, on http://www.caixinglobal.com (Beijing) — Sanpower Group Co. Ltd. has agreed to buy a U.S. maker of cancer vaccines for $820 million, marking the conglomerate’s largest move to date into the global industry for precision medicines. The purchase is one of the largest-ever of an overseas drugmaker by a Chinese […]Continue reading “SanPower Pharmaceuticals”
Rewrite by Friday Healthcare Reform
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/mcconnell-is-trying-to-revise-the-senate-health-care-bill-by-friday/2017/06/28/63550800-5c18-11e7-9fc6-c7ef4bc58d13_story.html?utm_term=.a9fc5b485cda Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is aiming to send a revised version of his health-care bill to the Congressional Budget Office as soon as Friday as he continues to push for a vote before Congress’s August recess. The effort reflects the tight timeline McConnell faces in his attempt to hold a vote in […] viaContinue reading “Rewrite by Friday Healthcare Reform”
