Tag: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

  • How Obamacare can boost entrepreneurship

    How Obamacare could boost entrepreneurship Eva Arevuo/Engine.is, venturebeat.com Tick­ets On Sale Now Eva Are­vuo is com­mu­ni­ca­tions man­ag­er at start­up advo­ca­cy group Engine.is. Here’s what we know about the Afford­able Care Act: 32 mil­lion Amer­i­cans who would oth­er­wise be unin­sured will now have… http://flip.it/iDnJn Related articles How Obamacare could boost entrepreneurship (venturebeat.com)

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  • Why health care needs Apple

    Why health care needs Apple | VentureBeat. Related articles Obama Striking Assad Risks International Law Conflict – Bloomberg (bloomberg.com) Forrester’s top 15 emerging technologies | VentureBeat (venturebeat.com)

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  • Why You Can’t Afford To Hold Off On Having Kids

    Why You Can’t Afford To Hold Off On Having Kids – Forbes.

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  • Health reform will help self employed

    Will health reform help part-time workers get insurance? Consumer Reports News, consumerreports.org Q: I’m a part-time worker from home and my hours are variable, at times more than 40 hours a week but usually more like 25 hours a week. How does Obamacare apply in my situation? I’m a diabetic and support a family of…

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  • Whole Foods CEO John Mackey perceptions about climate

    Whole Foods CEO John Mackey knows what’s best for you, and fighting climate change ain’t it By Philip Bump, grist.org You’d think that by now John Mack­ey would have learned to shut up. The Whole Foods CEO and cofounder would no doubt be incensed at my say­ing so, of course, since — in clas­sic hyper-entitled,…

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  • The Cash-Only Doctors Club

      businessweek.com Concierge doctors don’t take insurance, but do make house calls. Once an option only for the rich, they may change health care for everyone RT @BW: Is concierge medicine the future of healthcare? | http://flip.it/0htzp #longreads http://flip.it/fHvQI The Cash-Only Doctors Club Related articles Paul Hsieh on Concierge Medicine (healthcarebs.com) Dear Congress: Listen to…

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  • Papa John’s Obamacare Stance Costs Company Its Reputation: Study

    Joe Van Brussel, huffingtonpost.com Turns out nobody wants a side of politics with their pizza. Public opinion of Papa John’s dropped precipitously after CEO John Schnatter’s public comments about Obamacare, according to a new study from YouGov BrandIndex, which researches brand… http://flpbd.it/Ch49y Papa John’s Obamacare Stance Costs Company Its Reputation: Study Related articles Suck it,…

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  • Obamacare sparks new jobs for tech workers

    Tech Workers See Opportunity as Health-Care Law Kicks In By Jeff Green & Shannon Pettypiece -, bloomberg.com John Tri­c­as said he heard oppor­tu­ni­ty knock­ing and learned net­work­ing soft­ware two decades ago, when it was the “next big thing.” Now he sens­es a sim­i­lar open­ing as the health-care over­haul law takes effect. In Sep­tem­ber, the… http://flpbd.it/1fR6x…

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  • How the U.S. Health-Care System Wastes $750 Billion Annually

        How the U.S. Health-Care System Wastes $750 Billion Annually Brian Fung, theatlantic.com   As we approach health-care system reform, a breakdown of our biggest losses   Every year, the Unit­ed States spends eight times as much money on unnec­es­sary health-care costs as the Pen­ta­gon spent for each year of its oper­a­tions in Iraq.…

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  • A simple change could dramatically improve hospitals and American health care – The Boston Globe

    It’s refreshing to see a variety of experts take a stab at improving the healthcare system from a unique angle. This article looks at the work of a businessman who decided to create workflows of hospitals to see how much the experience could be improved by making a few, small tweaks.. A simple change could…

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