Tag: medicaid
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U.S. Republican Trump releases healthcare proposals
U.S. Republican presidential front-runner candidate Donald Trump on Wednesday unveiled proposals for reforming U.S. healthcare that included repealing Obamacare, allowing prescription drugs to be imported, and turning the Medicaid program for the poor into block grants to states. The plan also calls for the sale of health insurance plans across state lines, full deduction of…
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U.S. Republican Trump releases healthcare proposals
U.S. Republican presidential front-runner candidate Donald Trump on Wednesday unveiled proposals for reforming U.S. healthcare that included repealing Obamacare, allowing prescription drugs to be imported, and turning the Medicaid program for the poor into block grants to states. The plan also calls for the sale of health insurance plans across state lines, full deduction of…
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VC’s Are Flocking to Healthcare Startups
The healthcare services industry is ripe for disruption. The introduction of the Affordable Care Act and the increasing affordability of technology are bolstering dramatic changes in this more than $7.2 trillion industry, the likes of which we haven’t seen since 1965 when President Johnson signed Medicare and Medicaid into law. And venture…
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House Speaker Ryan wants Obamacare replacement, welfare cuts
By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) – House Speaker Paul Ryan said on Thursday that Republicans next year will unveil a plan to replace Obamacare in its entirety, as part of a “pro-growth” agenda that he believes should also include cutting welfare programs and taxes. Ryan said even if President Barack Obama will not sign them…