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…

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Why health care needs Apple

Why health care needs Apple | VentureBeat.

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 five, so affordable…

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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, super­flu­ous­ly wealthy, priv­i­leged white-man st…

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The Cash-Only Doctors Club

 

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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

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The Cash-Only Doctors Club

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

Papa John's Pizza
Papa John’s Pizza (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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…

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

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…

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

 

 

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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 dramatically improve hospitals {ndash} and American health care – The Boston Globe.