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Health Care Roundup: Market Talk
The latest Market Talks covering the Health Care sector. Published exclusively on Dow Jones Newswires at 4:20 ET, 12:20 ET and 16:50 ET. 1131 GMT – Roche Holding's results from a midstage study of its CT-388 obesity drug candidate look…
Health Care Is Just as Dangerous for the Economy as AI
Kathryn Anne Edwards, Columnist Nearly every diagnosis of the current strength of the US economy notes two crucial points. The first is that the stock market is buoyed by the staggering investment and bullish expectations around AI. The second is…
Another strike sends 31,000 Kaiser Permanente health care workers to picket lines
OAKLAND, Calif. -- An estimated 31,000 registered nurses and other front-line Kaiser Permanente health care workers launched an open-ended strike this week in California and Hawaii to demand better wages and staffing from the health care giant. The…
Commentary: Political and economic pressures set up a health care shift in 2026
Health care in 2025 was consumed by chaos, conflict, and relentless drama. Yet despite unprecedented political turmoil, cultural division, and major technological breakthroughs, there was little meaningful improvement in how care is paid for or…
UNH Stock: Why Did The Healthcare Giant Stumble?
CHONGQING, CHINA - JANUARY 22: In this photo illustration, a smartphone displays the logo of UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH), an American multinational healthcare company providing health insurance services and healthcare solutions through its…
Another Threat to VA Health Care
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A provision in pending Congressional legislation—the Veterans' ACCESS Act of 2025—threatens to undermine veterans' health care and saddle taxpayers with staggering costs. At issue is a…
Our for-profit health care system is failing patients. Medicaid cuts are the latest evidence
We run a hospital in South Los Angeles where the majority of our patients rely on Medicaid. With $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts looming over the next decade, we are weighing terrible choices: Do we close our labor and delivery unit and stop…
£40m digital healthcare centre wins planning permission
Planning permission has been granted for a £40 million innovation hub in Belfast that will specialise in medical technology and digital healthcare. Led by Ulster University and supported through the Belfast Region City Deal, the Centre for…
Empathetic Leadership: The Key To Success In Healthcare In The AI Age
Empathetic leadership is what makes a healthcare organization trusted by the communities it serves. Artificial intelligence is undoubtedly going to be a game-changer in healthcare. Already, my own healthcare organization is using cutting-edge AI…
COMMENTARY: Paul's plan to expand health-care choice a win for America
With Affordable Care Act subsidies expiring this month and the Senate failing to invoke cloture on a new GOP health care bill, Washington has once again shown it has no plan to rein in soaring premiums. As coverage options shrink and costs climb…
A CT health care system achieved a first-of-a-kind status in nation. What it is and why it matters.
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Dr. Peter Yu, physician-in-chief at the Hartford HealthCare Cancer Institute, clearly does not rest on his laurels. While Hartford HealthCare Cancer Institute has achieved what it terms a historic…
Health care stocks rocked by proposed Medicare Advantage rates
Health care stocks plummeted Tuesday after the Trump administration proposed keeping federal payments to private Medicare plans roughly flat in 2027 — far below what insurers had expected. Why it matters: The proposal threatens revenue and…
Nova Scotia auditor general flags transparency problems in health-care reporting - Halifax
Nova Scotia's auditor general says the government must be more transparent about the performance of the health system. Kim Adair says in a new report that taxpayers can't properly determine whether billions of dollars in investments are paying off…
U.S. stocks close mixed as healthcare shares plummet
NEW YORK, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks ended mixed Tuesday, as a sharp sell-off in the healthcare sector triggered by a disappointing government reimbursement proposal offset broad gains in technology. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped…
Commentary: The problem with that 'Great Healthcare Plan'
This month, as Americans who rely on Affordable Care Act plans opened their first bills of 2026 and experienced sticker shock, President Donald Trump began pitching them on an alternative: his “Great Healthcare Plan,” which would…
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