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american budget
The President Trump Administration Releases 2019 American Budget We were all waiting to see the healthcare budget, and on Monday night, President Trump presented it. Including another try to repeal Obamacare, the budget also notably cut spending in half. There were also major cuts proposed for items, such as food […]

The President Trump Administration Releases 2019 American Budget

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Artificial intelligence
Google Producing Artificial Intelligence for Healthcare What if you could provide accurate medical information and get more accurate diagnoses? This might be possible with Google developing a version of artificial intelligence that could predict the outcome of your hospital visit by simply entering more accurate information about yourself. This isn’t the […]

Are AI Bots the Future of Healthcare?

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funding bill
Government Re-Opens after Short Shutdown with a New Funding Bill Last week the looming government shutdown was stopped with a short-term bill. This is the second time in the last 2 months that a shutdown was a very real possibility. The bill, called the funding bill, was approved by the […]

Government Re-Opens after Short Shutdown with a New Funding Bill

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stop-gap
Stop-Gap Passed: What Will the Government Do Next? After the government shutdown in January, House Republicans passed a stop-gap spending bill to avoid another shutdown on February 7th. A stop-gap bill is passed when Congress can’t agree on a full budget on time. This is the fifth stop-gap bill passed since […]

Stop-Gap Passed: What Will the Government Do Next?

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Amazon partners with big names to enter Healthcare
Amazon Partners and Other Big Names Enter Healthcare It seems like every big name in the business wants a piece of healthcare. Apple is making deals with health networks to allow access to health records, while companies like CVS plan to merge with providers. It shouldn’t surprise you that Amazon CEO, Jeff Bezos, […]

Amazon Partners and Other Big Names Enter Healthcare

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What to Expect of Healthcare in the Future If you couldn’t tell before now, healthcare has always been on a steady rise, as our population grows larger and begins to age. With medical spending at a high and healthcare jobs taking up a majority of the market, healthcare has just become the U.S.’s […]

Healthcare Careers Are Taking over the Job Market

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On Sunday, CVS announced that it would be purchasing Aetna, a major health deal for 69 billion acquisition including a $77 billion debt. If approved by antitrust regulators, the purchase of Aetna (Healthcare provider), this would become the largest deal in history. CVS already being a huge drugstore chain will now be […]

The Implications of the Impending CVS and Aetna Merger

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