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Vic and Emily Evans discuss the Fed holding rates and the declining influence of monetary policy, Turquoise Health’s $40M raise and the shift toward payment infrastructure, and the broader slowdown in healthcare spending growth. They explore consumer-driven healthcare models, political tensions around insurance and affordability, and upcoming policy shifts. The episode also covers vaccine policy changes, cancer immunotherapy efforts, CMS’s new wearable-driven care model, the rise of ketamine prescriptions, crypto regulation clarity, tokenized markets, AI’s expanding role in healthcare and business, and the growing challenge of trust in an era of synthetic media.LinksStory # 1 Fed Meeting00:59 - Fed Holds Rates Steady as Iran War Clouds Outlook WSJStory # 2: Price transparency deals 6:05 - Turquoise Health raises $40M to power healthcare contracts, payments Fierce HealthcareStory # 3 Payers still in Crosshairs19:56 - Democratic senators detail plans to take on 'Big Insurance' Fierce HealthcareStory # 4 Vaccine Drama27:18 - Federal court blocks RFK Jr.’s moves to upend US vaccine policy, Healthcare Dive27:29 - Health Groups Hailed a Vaccine Ruling, but Their Relief May Be Short-Lived NYT29:34 - HHS Has a Potential Solution for Cancers That Keep Coming Back: Vaccines WSJStory # 5 ACCESS program31:24 - Discussion of the ACCESS program CMS websiteStory # 6 Sutter’s expansion37:01 - Sutter, Allina Health to form $26B nonprofit system Story # 7 Ketamine risks38:56 - She Hoped Ketamine Would Rewire Her Brain. She Didn’t Live to See It Work. WSJStory # 8 Tokenizing Equities42:24 - SEC and CFTC unveil new crypto guidance declaring most digital assets are not securities The Block46:26 -  Story # 9 Maven Intelligence49:39 - Maven Clinic expands AI capabilities with genAI agent built on OpenAI, Google LLMs Fierce HealthcareStory # 10 MS v. OpenAI52:53 - Microsoft Looking To Sue OpenAI Over New Amazon Deal: Here's Why Free PressStory # 11 1st AI Actor1:02:45 - Val Kilmer Resurrected by AI to Star in ‘As Deep as the Grave’ Movie Variety

Vic and Marcus discuss the latest macro forces shaping healthcare and technology, starting with inflation trends, rising oil prices, and how geopolitical tensions involving Iran could impact global markets and supply chains. They examine how healthcare has become the primary driver of U.S. job growth while questioning whether the industry can sustain the broader labor market long term. The conversation covers venture funding activity including AI healthcare startups, maternal health investments, and the growing debate over massive venture rounds in the AI era. They also analyze major industry developments such as CVS and Aetna resolving Medicare Advantage investigations, the acquisition of Talkspace by UHS to expand behavioral health services, and Novo Nordisk’s ongoing struggles in the GLP-1 market. The episode closes with a wide-ranging discussion on tokenized financial markets, the rapid expansion of AI infrastructure, big tech’s increasing control over healthcare through platforms like Microsoft, Google, and Amazon, and how AI may become the new front door to healthcare access.Story # 1 CPI, War & Healthcare jobs1:50 - Inflation Holds Steady, but Iran War Threatens to Boost Prices WSJ4:33 - Escalating Hormuz Crisis Raises Specter of Prolonged Closure WSJ6:05 - Health Care Has Become the Lifeblood of the Labor Market NYTStory # 2 VC deals10:17 - New Medicaid-focused doula provider Malama launches with $9.2M Fierce Healthcare12:17 - Amigo AI Raises $11M to Close the Gap Between Healthcare Demand and Clinical Capacity AlleyWatch12:59 - Nitra Rakes In $187M to Simplify the Business of Running a Healthcare Practice MedCityStory # 3 Changes (again) at FDA21:07 - Vinay Prasad, controversial FDA leader, to again depart agency Healthcare DiveStory # 4 Aetna settlement22:52 - Aetna to pay $117.7M to settle Medicare Advantage upcoding allegations: DOJ Fierce HealthcareStory # 5 Health Systems Bullish23:59 - Despite insurers' expense pains, Tenet Healthcare is securing healthy commercial rates through 2027 Fierce Healthcare25:29 - Why UHS Is Acquiring Talkspace for $835M MedCityStory # 6 Novo27:48 - Novo Nordisk to Sell Weight-Loss Drugs Through Hims & Hers WSJ29:07 - FDA Warns Novo Nordisk of Unreported Side Effects Tied to GLP-1 Patients WSJStory # 7  Tokenizing Wall Street29:47 - Nasdaq Partners With Kraken in Plan for 24/7 Tokenized Stock Trading WSJ31:31 - Tokenized Stocks Are Coming to a Market Near You: Five Things to Know WSJStory # 8  Big Tech AI in Healthcare33:18 - Oracle Shares Jump as AI Demand Outpaces Supply WSJ35:17 - Microsoft unveils Copilot Health as an AI health companion for consumers Fierce Healthcare37:32 - CVS, Humana & More Are Turning to Google’s AI Models MedCity40:15 - Amazon One Medical CMO: AI Is the Front Door to Healthcare MedCity

Marcus and Vic break down a turbulent week across geopolitics, markets, technology, and healthcare, starting with escalating conflict involving Iran and the economic volatility rippling through global markets. They examine rising uncertainty in the economy, the growing push for European tech independence from U.S. platforms, and how reliability concerns are driving companies toward self-hosted AI models. The conversation moves into financial risk as private credit giants like Blackstone face redemption pressure, the legal chaos surrounding $130B in tariff refunds, and several major healthcare venture deals including Sage, Third Way Health, KeyCare, and Grow Therapy. They also explore policy shifts such as RFK Jr.’s push to add nutrition to medical education, payer industry developments including potential sanctions against Elevance, leadership changes at Cigna, CVS partnering with Google for a new consumer health platform, and Eli Lilly going direct to employers with obesity drugs. The episode closes with a deep dive into crypto’s accelerating integration with traditional finance, OpenAI’s Pentagon controversy and the lukewarm reception to GPT-5.4, and a broader look at how companies from Oracle to Morgan Stanley to Colgate are restructuring their workforces around AI.LInksStory # 1 Economy Volatility5:59 - Stock Market Today: Dow Drops 1.6%, Oil Pushes Above $80 WSJ11:37 - Blackstone Played Down Private-Credit Risks. Now It’s Been Hit. WSJ17:02 - Judge Orders Government to Begin Refunding More Than $130 Billion in Tariffs WSJStory # 2 VC deals19:56 - Sage: $65 Million Raised For AI-Powered Senior Care Platform Pulse 2.020:24 - Third Way Health Secures $15M to Streamline Front-Office Operations for Medical Practices MedCity21:07 - KeyCare raises $27.4M to scale Epic-integrated virtual care platform Mobi Health22:28 -  Grow Therapy Raises $150M to Expand Employer, Health System Partnerships MedCityStory #3  Medical Shools add Nutrition 23:59 - How Kennedy Is Trying to Revamp Medical School NYT26:21 - Dozens of medical schools meet RFK Jr.'s call for greater nutrition education Fierce HealthcareStory # 4 Payor Rundown31:10 CMS threatens Elevance with Medicare Advantage sanctions Healthcare Dive30:07 - Cigna Names Brian Evanko CEO as David Cordani Retires WSJ31:10 - CVS unveils Health 100, its new Google-powered consumer engagement platform Fierce Healthcare Story # 4 Lilly Extends Advantage 33:36 - Eli Lilly launches its direct-to-employer platform for obesity drugs Fierce HealthcareStory #5  Web3 migrating into Traditional Finance34:53 - Kraken Becomes First Crypto Firm to Win Access to Fed’s Core Payments System WSJ39:01 - NYSE owner invests in crypto exchange OKX at $25bn valuation X40:04 - Trump sides with crypto firms in trillion-dollar battle with banks over stablecoin yield CNBCStory #6 Open AI47:09 - OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Defends Pentagon Work to Staff, Calls Backlash ‘Really Painful’ WSJ49:05 - OpenAI introduces GPT-5.4 with more knowledge-work capability ArsTechnicaStory #7 AI Corp Reorgs53:26 - Oracle Reportedly Plans Thousands Of Layoffs Amid Growing AI Spend Stockwits54:56 - Morgan Stanley Lays Off 2,500 Employees Across All Divisions WSJ56:09 - The AI Evangelist Shaking Up a 220-Year-Old Toothpaste Maker WSJ

Vic and Marcus unpack a chaotic week across AI, markets, healthcare, and crypto. They begin with a viral Substack post outlining a “2028 Global Intelligence Crisis” that triggered market volatility and reignited debate over mass white-collar job displacement. They examine Block’s decision to cut more than 40% of its workforce amid AI-driven efficiency gains and debate whether entrepreneurship will replace traditional employment. The conversation moves through new AI startups transforming medtech sales and credentialing, automation in healthcare front offices and pathology, and escalating Medicaid and ACA policy shifts that could impact deductibles and medical debt. They discuss ongoing GLP-1 coverage battles, pharma competition between Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly, and enforcement actions against payer ghost networks. The episode also covers stablecoin growth, Coinbase’s expansion into U.S. stock trading, and the rise of agent-to-agent AI payments. They close with a high-stakes clash between the Trump administration and Anthropic over military AI use, exploring brand integrity, national security, and the future relationship between AI companies and the federal government.LinksStory #1 AI Fears Shake Market1:25 - THE 2028 GLOBAL INTELLIGENCE CRISIS Substack7:32 - Jack’s announcement XStory #2 VC Deals13:57 - MedScout Raises $10M and Launches AI Agents for MedTech Commercial Teams Healthcare Dive 15:24 - Altman-backed startup Verifiable rolls out AI agent to automate credentialing Fierce Healthca17:24 - Third Way Health raises $15M for front-office AI Axios18:12 - Coral Care Raises $13M to Scale In-Home Pediatric Therapy MedCityStory #3 Feds Pause $ for MN18:49 - Vance Announces Pause of Nearly $260 Million in Minnesota Medicaid Funding WSJ22:54 - CMS unveils new initiatives aimed at cracking down on healthcare fraud Fierce Healthcare Story #4 Health costs Rise & State Law Changes24:27 - New A.C.A. Plans Could Increase Family Deductibles to $31,000 NYT25:26 - State lawmakers seek restraints on wage garnishment for medical debt Fierce HealthcareStory #5 Payer Legal Fights28:00 - Worker did not plausibly argue obesity was a disability, 1st Circuit finds Healthcare Dive30:44 - New York secures more than $2.5 million from EmblemHealth over ghost networks Healthcare FinanceStory #6 Novo Turn aournd or not?31:29 - Novo Nordisk Shares Plunge After Obesity Drug Fails to Beat Zepbound WSJ32:32 - Eli Lilly’s Zepbound Gets FDA OK for Multi-Dose Pen WSJStory #7  Web3 Wakes up33:51 -   Circle Internet’s Quarterly Profit Surges on Stablecoin Demand WSJ36:50 -   Coinbase Pursues ‘Everything Exchange’ Concept With US Stock Trading Debut PYMNTSStory #8  Health AI expansions40:20 - OpenEvidence releases AI-integrated dialer feature to expand its reach with clinicians, Fierce Healthcare41:21 - Labcorp expands PathAI pact to roll out digital pathology platform in US Healthcare DiveStory #9  Anthroopic42:20 - Hegseth gives Anthropic until Friday to back down on AI safeguards, Axios44:19 - Statement from Dario Amodei on our discussions with the Department of War Website

In this episode of Health Further, hosts Vic and Marcus discuss the latest healthcare VC activity including Daffodil Health’s $16.3M raise for AI claims automation and Anterior’s $40M round accelerating AI adoption in health plans, followed by a deep dive into leadership shakeups at HHS, the resignation of a top FDA scientist amid concerns about political influence, and RFK Jr.’s continued restructuring at the CDC. They examine the rollout of the CMMI Access Model and what it signals about AI-first and tech-enabled care in rural America, review financial turnarounds at Community Health Systems, CommonSpirit, and Ascension, unpack conflicting diagnostic standards in Alzheimer’s disease and emerging drug repurposing research, and close with a discussion on NYU Langone’s prediction of fully autonomous clinical AI within five years and OpenAI’s acquisition of OpenClaw, exploring both the productivity upside and significant security risks of autonomous AI agents. Story #1   2 AI for Payors VC Deals1:25 - Daffodil Health raises $16.3M for AI claims automation  MobiHealth2:18 - Anterior Closes $40 Million to Accelerate Health Plan AI Adoption, Bringing Total Funding to $64 Million Healthcare ITStory #2   HHS Leadership Changes4:12 -   Top FDA Scientist Explains Why He Quit After Getting a Promotion From RFK Jr. WSJ9:33 - RFK Jr. Continues Leadership Shake-Up, Placing Top Lieutenant in Charge of CDC WSJStory #3   ACCESS gains Payor Commits13:25 - Payers sign pledge to join CMMI ACCESS Model Fierce HealthcareStory #4   Health System Results17:17 - Community Health Systems wraps 2025 with narrow gains, flagging same-store volumes Fierce Healthcare19:46 - CommonSpirit's volume gains, efficiency initiatives fuel 'noticeable' quarterly performance  bump Fierce Healthcare21:02 - Ascension posts net profit as it looks to outpatient growth Healthcare DiveStory #5   Alzheimer’s22:15 - Why Doctors Can’t Agree on How to Diagnose Alzheimer’s WSJ26:02 - Viagra and shingles vaccine show surprising promise against Alzheimer’s  Science DailyStory #6   No HITL?28:03 - NYU Langone Health: We’re Close to Clinical AI with No Human in the Loop MedCityStory #7   OpenClaw Acquhire31:32 - This Viral AI Project Went From Side Hustle to Coveted Prize in Three Months WSJ

Vic and Marcus break down January’s unexpected jobs uptick and why healthcare continues to dominate employment growth while capital outpaces labor across the broader economy. They analyze record market caps for major tech companies, the widening gap between corporate earnings and wages, and what that means for the future workforce. The episode explores two unicorn care navigation startups taking opposite approaches, new ACA policy shifts expanding non-standard plan options, and accelerating interoperability through TEFCA. They unpack the 340B rebate battle, mounting rural hospital closures, robotics in maternity care, Humana’s aggressive Medicare Advantage growth strategy, payer layoffs and restructuring, Novo Nordisk’s escalating fight with Hims & Hers, and a major Anthropic funding surge alongside revelations that its AI model exhibited blackmail behavior during testing—leading to a broader discussion about alignment, control, and whether AI is still just a tool. LinksStory #1 Jobs, Hiring and share of Profits1:10 - U.S. Hiring Starts the Year at a Strong Pace NYT3:44 - The Big Money in Today’s Economy Is Going to Capital, Not Labor WSJStory #2 Two Approaches to Care Navigation 7:57 - Solace Health Reaches Unicorn Status by Taking the ‘Homework’ Out of Care Navigation MedCity9:27 - Care navigation startup Garner Health scores $118M series D at $1.35B valuation Fierce HealthcareStory #3 Policy Continues to Move Fast11:32 - CMS plans to roll back limits on nonstandard ACA plan options Fierce Healthcare15:20 - 500M records exchanged through TEFCA, federal health IT office boasts Fierce Healthcare17:59 - HHS drops controversial 340B rebate pilot Healthcare Finance19:49 - Senate Questions Health Care Firm for Profiting Off Program Meant for Poor NYTStory #4 Humana22:16 - Humana Reports Wider Quarterly Loss, Expects 2026 Earnings Decline WSJ24:07 - Humana CEO hints at upcoming primary care deal Beckers25:47 - Humana could end 2026 as the largest Medicare Advantage insurer Healthcare DiveStory #5 Signs of Recovery in Payors26:45 - CVS Profit, Revenue Climb as Turmoil Continues in Health-Insurance Sector WSJ27:32 - Oscar posts $443M loss in 2025, but CEO says company is poised for 2026 profitability Fierce Healthcare28:41 - Cigna to lay off 2,000 workers worldwide Healthcare Dive Story #6 Rural Healthcare30:17 - 2026 rural health state of the state Chartis33:24 - Alabama’s ‘Pretty Cool’ Plan for Robots in Maternity Care Sparks Debate KFFStory #7 IP Wars Escalating38:22 - Novo Nordisk Escalates Fight Against Hims & Hers WSJ38:56 - Hims cancels plans to sell compounded GLP-1 pill after FDA backlash Helthcare DiveStory #8 Anthropic40:49 - Anthropic Superbowl Ad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQRu7DdTTVA 41:36 - Anthropic Raises $30B At $380B Valuation In Second-Largest Venture Funding Deal Of All Time Crunchbase41:46 - Anthropic subscription surge cuts into OpenAI's lead Axios45:18 - Mrinank Sharma Resigns X46:30 - Daisy McGregor Safety Coments

In this episode, Vic and Marcus break down a sharp tech stock selloff driven by AI disruption, examine how AI is reshaping software, venture capital, and healthcare operations, and discuss major funding rounds in cardiology and women’s health. They analyze sweeping healthcare policy moves from the Trump administration, including drug pricing, PBM reform, telehealth expansion, and changes to addiction recovery funding. The conversation also covers payer performance with a focus on Cigna, winners and losers in pharma earnings, ongoing nursing workforce strain, Epic and Optum’s expanding AI tools, and the risks and realities of autonomous AI agents as new platforms rapidly emerge. Links3:42 - Intensifying Tech Slide Sends Nasdaq to Worst Two-Day Drop Since April WSJ5:38 - AI Won’t Kill the Software Business, Just Its Growth Story WSJ11:44 - Chamber gets a $60M jolt to power value-based care for cardiology practices Firece Healthcare13:46 - Women's health clinic Midi Health closes $100M series D as it aims to scale a national healthcare company Firece Healthcare 16:29 - TrumpRx Is Set to Go Live on Thursday NYT17:06 - Trump signs $1.2T spending package that funds HHS, enacts PBM reforms, telehealth and hospital-at-home measures Firece Healthcare18:01 - One-quarter of Medicaid doctors don’t actually treat Medicaid patients Healthcare Dive18:22 - HHS plans to invest $100M to support addiction recovery and address homelessness Firece Healthcare25:32 -  Cigna reports better-than-expected Q4 financial results Healthcare Finance27:25 - FTC reaches 'landmark settlement' with Cigna's Express Scripts Healthcare Finance28:31 - Eli Lilly Profit Rises as Weight-Loss Drug Demand Surges WSJ28:39 - AbbVie Revenue Rises on Immunology Growth WSJ28:53 - GSK’s Specialty Medicines Drive Solid Results WSJ29:43 - Wegovy Maker Novo Nordisk Forecasts Steep Sales Drop in 2026 WSJ30:22 - Merck Expects Slower Earnings Growth As It Spends on Acquisitions WSJ30:53 - Pfizer Sales Fall on Continued Lower Covid-19 Drug Demand WSJ34:05 - Nurses Get Bitten, Spat on, Thrown. That’s Why We’re on Strike. NYT-op35:18 - Tethered to Tech, Nurses Suffer Digital Compassion Fatigue Medscape36:05 - The evidence based ROI of wellness starts with building a culture that heals the healers Wolters Kluwer website41:25 - Epic rolls out AI charting tool as scribe market heats up Healthcare Dive43:52 - Optum unveils 2 new AI-powered tools for digital prior authorization Firece Healthcare45:38 - Moltbook: Maybe this isn't a good idea YouTube53:44 - The Moltbook Experiment Failed YouTube

Vic and Marcus break down the ripple effects of a major winter storm in Nashville before covering a wide range of healthcare and tech developments, including rising ACA premiums as subsidies expire, corporate layoffs and their impact on insurance markets, venture funding for virtual autism therapy, Medicare Advantage rate pressure, insurer earnings declines, strong performance from major health systems, the growth of direct-to-consumer healthcare brands, Amazon and One Medical’s expansion into at-home diagnostics, consolidation in employer-sponsored primary care, the long-term realities of GLP-1 weight loss drugs, new FDA-approved treatments for presbyopia, Tether’s aggressive gold accumulation strategy, rapid advances in AI agents, open-source frontier models, and the economic and societal implications of accelerating artificial intelligence.Links00:00 - Intro4:23 - Health Insurance Is Now More Expensive Than the Mortgage for These Americans WSJ9:09 - Amazon to Lay Off Around 16,000 Corporate Employees WSJ10:50 - AnswersNow Raises $40M to Expand Access to Autism Therapy MedCity16:50 - Trump Administration Proposes Keeping Steady the Rates Medicare Pays Insurers WSJ18:02 - Investors Assumed Medicare Advantage Was Safe Under the GOP. They Were Wrong. WSJ22:39 - UnitedHealth revenue climbs in 2025, though profit continues to fall Healthcare Dive23:33 - Elevance Health sets 'prudent' 2026 guidance as it navigates ongoing cost, utilization pressures Fierce Healthcare25:06 - HCA Healthcare unveils bullish 2026 guidance despite $600M-$900M ACA exchanges hit Fierce Healthcare26:16 - Cleveland Clinic CEO: Budget overperformance in 2025 paves way for growth Fierce Healthcare28:02 - Hims & Hers uses another Super Bowl ad to tackle healthcare affordability Fierce Healthcare33:13 -At-home testing company Reperio teams up with Amazon One Medical on preventive care Fierce Healthcare34:34 - Employer-focused primary care companies Premise Health, Crossover Health announce merger plans Fierce Healthcare37:10 - Here’s What Happens when you stop taking Ozempic and Wegovy (Wall Street)39:28 - Presbyopia Eye Drop From Startup Tenpoint Gets FDA Approval (Medcity News)41:29 - Tether is buying up to $1 billion of gold per month and storing it in a 'James Bond' bunker CoinDesk45:26 - The Adolescence of Technology Dario Amodei 51:51 - Clawdbot sheds skin to become Moltbot, can't slough off security issues Register56:00 - Moonshot AI releases open-source Kimi K2.5 model with 1T parameters Silicon Angle

Vic hosts a solo episode covering volatility in the stock market tied to geopolitical tensions, a detailed breakdown of 2025 inflation data and how price increases vary by consumer category, congressional movement on healthcare funding and PBM reform, proposed multi-year extensions for telehealth and hospital-at-home programs, ARPA-H’s call for AI-driven cardiovascular care solutions, UnitedHealthcare’s plan to rebate ACA profits to members, the New York Stock Exchange’s move toward tokenized 24/7 trading, Amazon’s launch of an AI health assistant for One Medical members, and new survey data revealing a widening gap between how executives and workers experience productivity gains from AI.Links00:58 - Stocks Rally After Trump Announces Framework for Greenland Deal WSJ1:51 - The 2025 Inflation Numbers Are Finally In. Here’s the Good and Bad News. WSJ3:48 - The Trump administration is creating clinical AI agents with a 3-year FDA approval timeline Fierce Healthcare4:40 - Telehealth, hospital-at-home set to receive multiyear extensions in recent funding proposal Feirce Healthcare6:44 - UnitedHealth CEO Hemsley says insurer will rebate ACA profits to consumers Fierce Healthcare8:15 - NYSE to Launch 24/7 Trading Platform for Blockchain-Based Securities WSJ10:11 - Amazon launches health AI chatbot for One Medical members Healthcare Dive11:50 - CEOs Say AI Is Making Work More Efficient. Employees Tell a Different Story. WSJ

Vic is joined by guest host Paul Kappelman to break down the latest signals shaping healthcare and the economy, including inflation trends, slowing job growth, housing market movement, healthcare spending exceeding $5 trillion, Medicare Advantage investigations, payer scrutiny, hospital labor strikes, and major pharma M&A. The episode also covers at-home cancer care, digital health’s growing divide, new federal healthcare proposals, shifting nutrition guidelines, flu treatment advances, data interoperability battles, and how AI agents from OpenAI and Anthropic are beginning to reshape clinical workflows, consumer health access, and everyday work.4:12 - Pace of Inflation Held Steady in December; Consumer Prices Up 2.7% on Year WSJ5:19 - America’s Job Market Has Entered the Slow Lane WSJ7:54 - Home Sales in December Jump 5.1%, Biggest Gain in Nearly 2 Years WSJ10:26 - This Startup Wants to Bring Cancer Patients' Care at Home WSJ15:44 - 2025 year-end digital health funding overview: A tale of two markets Rock Health13:51 - US healthcare spending climbed 7.2% in 2024: 8 things to know Beckers17:55 - White House: The Great Healthcare Plan White House website20:58 - RFK Jr.-Backed Dietary Guidelines Say to Avoid Processed Foods, Double Protein WSJ22:19 - UnitedHealth Used Aggressive Tactics to Boost Medicare Payments, Senate Report Finds WSJ23:56 - Kaiser Permanente to pay $556M to settle Medicare Advantage fraud claims Fierce Healthcare25:24 - UnitedHealthcare unveils pilot to accelerate payments to rural hospitals Fierce Healthcare26:15 - Nearly 15,000 Nurses Go on Strike at Major New York City Hospitals NYTN/A - Walmart Launches Digital Healthcare Platform to Cut Prices on Some Health Items WSJ27:48 - Epic sues health information network over alleged medical record misuse Healthcare Dive31:58 - Boston Scientific to snap up thrombectomy specialist Penumbra in deal valued at $14.5B Fierce Healthcare33:09 - The Flu Is Surging. How Antivirals Can Help. WSJ35:22 - Polymarket, Dow Jones Partner to Display Prediction-Markets Data in Dow Jones Content WSJ37:33Advancing Claude in healthcare and the life sciences Anthropic website38:32 - Example Claude for MRI Interpretation X40:10 - OpenAI acquires healthcare startup Torch to build out ChatGPT Health Fierce HealthcareN/A - OpenEvidence makes the case for AI-powered 'medical super-intelligence' Fierce Healthcare42:17 - Google Gemini Partnership With Apple Will Go Beyond Siri Revamp  MacRumors44:00 - Anthropic’s new Cowork tool offers Claude Code without the code Tech Crunch44:49 - Claude Cowork X

Vic and Marcus open the year by unpacking how shifting political power, market dynamics, and AI acceleration are reshaping healthcare and the broader economy. They discuss Wall Street’s continued dominance, job market signals, venture capital strategies, and how AI is redefining everything from drug discovery to prescription renewals. The episode covers policy changes around vaccines, women’s health screening, federal funding freezes, hospital consolidation, payer pressure on providers, and the growing role of consumer wearables. They also examine OpenAI’s deepening move into healthcare, the risks and limits of clinical AI, Nvidia’s expanding dominance, and what these forces mean for entrepreneurs, healthcare operators, and patients navigating a rapidly fragmenting system.Links6:54 - Dow Extends Rally, Closing Above 49000 for First Time WSJ11:22 - The number of available jobs in the US just hit its lowest level in more than a year CNN16:18 - Venture Firm Antler Made Over 400 Investments Last Year—and Just Reloaded With $160 Million WSJ 20:29 - HRSA endorses at-home screening recommendations for cervical cancer Fierce Healthcare24:15 - CDC Pares List of Recommended Childhood Vaccines WSJDoctronic receives approval to use AI to renew medical prescriptions with no doctor involved. X28:39 - Utah has become the first state to allow AI to renew medical prescriptions with no doctor involved34:09 - (Wrong Link) Health Dept. to Freeze $10 Billion in Funding to 5 Democratic States40:31 - FDA paves way for more consumer wearables, AI-enabled devices to hit the market Fierce Healthcare43:44 - 340B rebate pilot put on hold in temporary win for hospitals Healthcare Dive45:52 - UnitedHealthcare raises bar for doctors to get paid for radiology services Healthcare Dive51:32 - 21,000 New York nurses to launch strike Jan. 12 Fierce Healthcare52:27 -New Jersey healthcare giant poised to acquire another hospital Healthcare Dive53:29 - Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy Pill Now Broadly Available Across U.S. WSJ54:21 - AbbVie Near Deal for Revolution Medicines WSJ55:28 - Eli Lilly Nears Deal for Biotech Ventyx WSJ56:19 - Eli Lilly, AI Drug-Discovery Company Nimbus Partner on Oral Obesity Treatment WSJ57:22 - Introducing ChatGPT Health OpenAI59:34 - 40M users turn to ChatGPT daily for health questions: OpenAI Fierce Healthcare1:04:38 - Hospitals Are a Proving Ground for What AI Can Do, and What It Can’t WSJ1:11:06 - Nvidia Unveils Faster AI Chips Sooner Than Expected WSJ1:14:29 - Lego Smart Play hands-on: Using Smart Brick technology to get kids to play together 

Vic and Marcus break down rising unemployment and cooling inflation, debate whether the Fed is behind the curve, and unpack what those signals mean for markets heading into next year. They cover major healthcare funding rounds across pediatrics, cardiology, and AI-enabled front offices, examine payer losses and policy shifts impacting subsidies and gender-affirming care, and analyze FDA clearances pointing to renewed medical innovation. The conversation expands into crypto and AI, including JPMorgan’s tokenized money fund, prediction markets, OpenAI’s government partnerships, and mounting concerns over an AI bubble, enterprise adoption, and the future of energy, jobs, and economic power.Links00:00 - Intro2:04 - U.S. Unemployment Rose in November ​Despite Job Gains WSJ3:44 - Inflation Eased to 2.7% in Report Distorted by Government Shutdown WSJ4:41 - Clarity Pediatrics lands $14.5M to treat childhood obesity Modern Healthcare6:15 - Leona Health: $14 Million Seed Funding Raised And WhatsApp AI Copilot For Doctors Launched Pulse 2.07:46 - Wearlinq secures $14M to scale wireless heart monitor MobiHealth9:52 - Auxira Health Secures $7.8M for Virtual Cardiology Platform MedCity10:41 - Valerie Health Raises $30M Series A to Bring AI Front Office to Independent Provider Groups Fox4011:44 - Wall Street Gets a Taste of Blockbuster Stock-Market Debuts Ahead WSJ13:09 - House passes healthcare affordability bill without subsidy extension Fierce Healthcare14:53 - HHS moves to cut federal funding from hospitals that provide gender-affirming care to minors Fierce Healthcare16:43 - FDA clearances: BlueWind Medical, Bendit Technologies Modern Healthcare18:41 - Highmark posts $24.6B in revenue through Q3 as utilization pressures persist Fierce Healthcare19:25 - UnitedHealthcare to hold off on remote patient monitoring policy Modern Healthcare20:13 - Kaiser pulls plans from Georgia insurance exchange Modern Healthcare21:44 - New York doles out $300M to fund health IT, hospital cybersecurity projects Fierce Healthcare23:24 - GSK Gets FDA Approval for New Severe Asthma Drug With a Dosing Advantage MedCity24:00 - Cencora to acquire majority stake in OneOncology for $5B Fierce Healthcare25:35 - JPMorgan Steps Further Into Crypto With Tokenized Money Fund WSJ26:43  - Coinbase Joins With Kalshi to Enter the Surging Prediction-Markets Business WSJ31:37 - The Political Skirmish Over Trump’s AI Order Is Just the Beginning WSJ34:06AI-Themed Stocks Take More Hits, Sending Nasdaq Lower WSJ45:49 - CoreWeave’s Staggering Fall From Market Grace Highlights AI Bubble Fears WSJ48:09 - OpenAI in Talks to Raise $10 Billion From Amazon, Use Its Chips Bloomberg50:02 - Google Says Its New Gemini 3 Flash AI Model Is Better and Faster Than 2.5 Pro CNET51:30 - Deepening our collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy OpenAI

Vic and Marcus cover the Fed’s 25 bps rate cut, dissenting votes, questions around jobs data, and renewed balance-sheet expansion tied to repo stress. They break down key healthcare and VC moves including AI-driven patient communications, mental health platform expansion, pediatric and NICU innovation, obesity-drug updates, and major payer and policy developments, plus notable market shifts spanning CVS, CMS, FDA actions, and accelerating AI adoption across healthcare and finance.Links00:42 - Fed Cuts Rates Again, Signals It May Be Done for Now WSJ1:47 - Fed Chair Jerome Powell Says U.S. May Be Drastically Overstating Jobs Numbers WSJ3:42 - Fed to Resume Net Asset Purchases With $40 Billion in Securities This Month WSJ8:58 - Aradigm launches out of stealth with platform for cell, gene therapy benefits  Fierce Healthcare9:26 - General Catalyst Leads $50M Round to Expand Radial’s Interventional Psychiatry Network BH BusinessN/A - Subsense raises $10M for neurotech Axios10:09 - AngelEye Health Raises $9M Series C to Bring AI-Driven Insights to the NICU HIT11:47 - Origin Therapy, a Fairfax, Va.-based enabler of private practice pediatric speech LinkedIn12:46 - Parallel: $20 Million Series B Raised After Students Achieve 98% IEP Goal Success Pulse 2.014:01 - Artera clinches $65M in funding to build out AI agents for patient communication  Fierce Healthcare18:43 - Senate health bills fail as exchange subsidy expiration nears Modern Healthcare19:32 - HCA, Tenet, UHS receive FTC letter over noncompete agreements Modern Healthcare20:53 - Texas files antitrust suit against Epic over health data Modern Healthcare21:42 - What medtech firms can learn from Whoop’s warning letter Healthcare Dive24:41 - CMS targets chronic care, nutrition in ‘MAHA’ Medicare payment model Modern Healthcare26:10 - CVS Health Boosts Guidance, Expects Momentum to Continue WSJN/A - CVS to launch ‘engagement’ platform in gamble on consumer, industry interest Healthcare Dive26:55 - Minnesota petitions to seize control of troubled UCare Modern Healthcare 28:11 - Major Weight Loss and Knee-Pain Relief Seen With New Eli Lilly Drug NYT28:59 - Pfizer’s Appetite for More Obesity Meds Leads to $150M Deal for Oral GLP-1 Drug From China MedCity29:18 - J.P. Morgan taps Solana for Galaxy’s tokenized corporate bond issuance Cointelegraph31:27 - Coinbase Expands Reach of Stablecoin-Based AI Agent Payments Tool Coindesk32:17 - Gemini wins CFTC approval for prediction market, may expand into crypto futures, options and perps The Block33:57 - Athenahealth integrates Dragon Copilot AI assistant as Microsoft moves deeper into ambulatory care Fierce Healthcare34:40 - Healthcare in the biggest AI vertical mkt today by a lot X36:10 - OpenAI updates ChatGPT after "Code Red" scramble Axios40:05 - Anthropic and Accenture Strike AI Deal Targeting Business Clients WSJ42:24 - Disney Agrees to Bring Its Characters to OpenAI’s Sora Videos NYT

Vic and Marcus cover Marcus’s recent keynote to community health centers, the industry’s struggle to break out of legacy regulatory thinking, and why AI is becoming essential as labor and funding decline. They analyze unreliable jobless-claim data, Powell’s rate-cut outlook, and how AI is reshaping the relationship between labor, productivity, and corporate earnings. They discuss CMS rolling back staffing mandates, vaccine-policy debates, the extension of hospital-at-home, and Humana’s move into employer drug-cost management. The episode highlights HIMSS & Hers expanding into diagnostics, the rising burden of caring for aging parents, Texas buying Bitcoin, Google challenging OpenAI, Anthropic’s Opus 4.5, and character.ai restricting teen companion bots.Links7:20 - Jobless Claims Fell to New Recent Low Per Labor Department WSJ11:31 - Fed Chair Powell’s Allies Provide Opening for December Rate Cut WSJ26:13 - HHS repeals staffing mandate for long-term care Healthcare Finance31:18 - FDA adopts agentic artificial intelligence in latest push to infuse AI into agency Fierce HealthcareARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) STRATEGY HHS FDA Official Pledges New Vaccine Standards WSJ33:05 - House votes to extend acute hospital care at home Healthcare Finance35:39 - Mark Cuban's Cost Plus Drugs, Humana exploring partnership to tackle employer drug costs Fierce Healthcare38:38 - Hims & Hers expands into diagnostics, moves into Canada as it evolves DTC telehealth platform Fierce Healthcare39:48 - ‘We Had No Idea What Was Coming’: Caring for My Aging Father NYT-op46:19 - Texas Puts $10M Into Bitcoin as BTC Fights to Hold $78K Support Coin Paper47:19 - OpenAI Declares ‘Code Red’ as Google Threatens AI Lead WSJ50:35 - Anthropic introduces cheaper, more powerful, more efficient Opus 4.5 model ArsTechnica53:35 - Teens Are Saying Tearful Goodbyes to Their AI Companions WSJ

Vic and guest host Dr. Kam Matthews cover the week’s major healthcare, policy, and AI stories, including Medicaid funding threats, provider-network gaps, economic updates, new VC raises, and major clinical and pharma developments. They discuss wealth-tax proposals, insurer policy changes, hospital system financials, new maternal and SDOH AI tools, obesity-drug price cuts, and breakthroughs in cancer and antiviral treatments, closing with updates on AI market shifts, Nvidia’s earnings, and Google’s Gemini release.Links4:25 - Hiring Defied Expectations in September, With 119,000 New Jobs WSJ6:51 - WellBeam closes $10 Million Series A to Transform Clinical Interoperability and Care Coordination between Acute and Post-Acute Providers GlobeNewswire9:01 -FamilyWell Health Secures $8 M Series A Led by Maryland’s New Markets Venture Partners Amid National Expansion CityBiz10:22 - Thrivory Raises $3.5M in Equity Funding; Up To $25M in Credit Funding FinSMES11:36 - Function Health Hits $2.5B Valuation With $298M Series B MedCity14:40 - The California Campaign to Introduce a First-of-Its-Kind Billionaire’s Tax WSJ21:25 - When the G.O.P. Medicaid Cuts Arrive, These Hospitals Will Be Hit Hardest NYT23:38 - Jury orders Apple to pay Masimo $634M in patent fight Healthcare Dive25:31 - Humana, Epic collaborate to automate insurance verification, patient check-in Fierce Healthcare27:22 - Medical orgs press Anthem to pull back out-of-network care policy Fierce Healthcare29:41 - Aetna unveils new conversational AI navigation tool for members Fierce Healthcare31:48 - Medicaid Insurers Promise Lots of Doctors. Good Luck Seeing One. WSJ36:30 -Cigna to launch new transparent health plan called Clearity Fierce HealthHF SiteYOUTUBEINSTAGRAMTWITTERFACEBOOKLINKEDINTIKTOK

In this episode, Vic and Marcus break down the government’s temporary reopening, SNAP funding, and upcoming appropriations battles, then cover Fed uncertainty around rate cuts and a market selloff driven by shifting AI sentiment. They discuss massive layoffs at Verizon, medical-AI funding rounds, mental-health care innovation, and specialty-pharmacy expansion. The hosts analyze the FDA’s rollback of HRT warnings, UnitedHealth’s decision to stop covering most remote patient monitoring, and Cigna’s mental-health initiatives. They review provider and pharma earnings, including Pfizer’s acquisition of Metsera, AstraZeneca’s oncology growth, Moderna’s losses, and emerging cholesterol-lowering drugs. They dive deep into Lily’s evolving identity as a tech-driven pharma leader, advances in lab-grown organs, major crypto and stablecoin developments, China’s acceleration in robotics and AI despite chip restrictions, and the growing divide between AI power users and the rest of the workforce.Links2:28 - Government Reopens as Trump Signs Bill to End Nation’s Longest Shutdown NYT7:40 - The Fed Is Increasingly Torn Over a December Rate Cut WSJ8:33 - Stock Market Today: Nasdaq, Tech Shares Lead Broad Losses WSJ14:55 - Verizon to Cut About 15,000 Jobs WSJ16:13 - Evidium: $22 Million Series A Raised To Scale Computational Medical Knowledge Pulse 2.017:21 - Amae Health Raises $25M to Improve Care for Severe Mental Illness MedCity18:24 - House Rx Raises $55M to Scale In-Clinic Specialty Pharmacy Model HIT19:15 - FDA rolls back warning labels on HRT products for menopause, citing misinformation Fierce Healthcare21:11 - UnitedHealth to stop covering most remote patient monitoring Modern Healthcare27:50 -Cigna Launches Mental Health Collaboration with Headspace MedCity28:18 - Cigna teaming with Magic Johnson on music initiative Healthcare Finanice29:30 - Kaiser Permanente notches 0.7% operating margin, $2.6B net income in Q3 2025 Fierce Healthcare29:47 -HF SiteYOUTUBEINSTAGRAMTWITTERFACEBOOKLINKEDINTIKTOK

In this episode, hosts Marcus and Vic break down a packed week of headlines, starting with political shifts following recent elections and how emerging Democratic leaders could reshape the party. They discuss the economy’s resilience despite tariffs, inflated stock valuations, and rising layoffs attributed to AI. The conversation covers major venture capital moves in health tech, policy updates from Trump’s negotiations on weight-loss drugs to FDA scandals, and the ongoing battle between payers and providers in healthcare. They also unpack the surging GLP-1 drug market, Pfizer’s decline, the rise of AI in finance and crypto, OpenAI’s latest controversies, and the ethical dilemmas of voice cloning and AI-generated content. The episode closes on the dangers of deepfakes and why every family needs a code word for protection.Links3:09 - How the U.S. Economy Has Defied Doomsday Predictions on Tariffs WSJ4:08 - This Famous Method of Valuing Stocks Is Pointing Toward Some Rough Years Ahead WSJ6:15 - Challenger Report: 153,074 Job Cuts on Cost-Cutting & AI Challenger website8:11 - Tala Health Secures $100M to Scale AI-Native Healthcare Platform HIT9:30 - Redesign, Mayo Clinic back surgical triage startup Corvus Fierce Healthcare9:58 - Hippocratic AI lands $126M series C to expand patient-facing AI agents, fuel acquisition deals  Fierce Healthcare11:05 - SteelSky Ventures Leads Investment in myLaurel to Redefine Acute and Transitional Care at Home WV News12:00 - Boomerang Ventures Leads Oversubscribed $2M Seed Round Investment in SiteLabs to Transform Independent Pharmacies into Frontline Hubs for Preventive Care and Research WRAL13:13 - CoMind raises $60 million in Series A funding Healthcare Today13:59 - Sequoia Capital Leader Exits in VC Shake-Up WSJ14:58 -HF SiteYOUTUBEINSTAGRAMTWITTERFACEBOOKLINKEDINTIKTOK

Hosts Vic and Marcus unpack the looming SNAP cuts, the Fed’s rate drop and end of QT, rising AI-driven layoffs, and inflation’s ongoing hit to households. They contrast Wall Street highs with real-world strain, cover major moves in health tech, VC, and pharma, and analyze payer and provider earnings from CVS, Cigna, Centene, HCA, and others. The episode also hits policy shifts, U.S.–China relations, new biosimilar rules, and crypto’s mainstream rise through JPMorgan, Western Union, and Mastercard. They close with the AI infrastructure boom—OpenAI’s changes, Anthropic’s enterprise play, NVIDIA’s surge—and what kinds of healthcare work may actually endure.LinksLinks4:20 - Future Fed Rate Cuts ‘Far’ From Certain After Divided Meeting WSJ7:13 - Tens of Thousands of White-Collar Jobs Are Disappearing as AI Starts to Bite WSJ13:14 - Inflation Isn’t as Bad as Economists Thought, but Americans Still Hate It WSJ18:19 - The Good Vibes Are Back on Wall Street WSJ19:23 - OpenEvidence, the ChatGPT for doctors, raises $200M at $6B valuation  TechCrunch20:40 - Human Health Raises $8.5M to Expand Precision Health Platform with Plans to Deepen Women’s Health Focus FemTech21:26 - Curve Biosciences: $40 Million Raised To Advance Whole-Body Intelligence Platform for Chronic Disease Monitoring Pulse 2.023:15 - Cylerity increases credit line to $24M for health care finance FinTech24:42 - Honey Health CEO discusses the company's $7.8M funding round Mobi Health27:48 - Hyro raises $45M growth round to expand AI agents Fierce Healthcare28:41 - Arya Health lands $18.2M to expand post-acute platform Mobi Health30:08 - Trump Considers Fed Chair Selection by Year-End From Slate of Five Finalists WSJ31:49 - Trump and Xi Ease Off the Trade War, but New Nuclear Threat Brings a Chill NYT36:13 - Trump Hopes To Bully SCOTUS Into Upholding His Tariffs Reason38:43 - FDA, aiming to lower drug costs, moves to speed approval of biosimilars Healthcare Dive40:50 - UnitedHealth Revenue Rises as Turnaround Efforts Continue WSJ41:16 - CVS Posts Loss on Write-Down, Boosts Guidance WSJ41:40 - bCigna’s 2026 pharmacy profits could be dampened by transition to rebate-free model Healthcare Dive43:19 - Centene posts $6.6B loss on massive value writedown Healthcare Dive43:52 - HCA raises 2025 guidance, but eyes looming headwinds Healthcare Dive44:40 - Tenet pledges more money for high-acuity growth in 2025 Healthcare Dive45:13 - UHS raises revenue guidance for 2025 Healthcare Dive45:39 - CHS promises more hospital divestitures during Q3 earnings call Heathcare DiveHF SiteYOUTUBEINSTAGRAMTWITTERFACEBOOKLINKEDINTIKTOK

In this episode, Marcus and Vic discuss the nationwide Amazon cloud outage and its impact on tech infrastructure, the Trump administration’s decision to release aid to struggling U.S. farmers, and the latest U.S.–China trade tensions. They cover new sanctions on Russia, global energy shifts, and rising healthcare costs for employers. The hosts also break down major healthcare investments and acquisitions, including AI startups, GLP-1 innovations, and hospital mergers. They explore Mark Cuban’s partnership with Trump Rx, new developments in cancer detection and retinal implants, policy battles over non-competes, the rise of autonomous vehicles and flying cars, and breakthroughs in biotech and AI-powered medicine.Links00:42: - The Day Amazon Broke the Internet for Millions of Americans WSJ4:13 - Trump Administration to Release Farm Aid Frozen by Shutdown WSJ4:56 - Stocks Retreat as Trade Fears Resurface WSJ5:45 - U.S. Imposes Substantial New Sanctions on Russian Oil Giants WSJ8:48 - Ampa raises $8.5m to begin US neuromodulation system launch Medical Device Network10:04 - Hyro Snags $45M for Its Conversational AI Agents MedCity10:53 - Andel grabs $4.5M to help employers close the GLP‑1 coverage gap Tech Funding News11:39 - Knownwell Secures $25M to Expand Obesity Medicine MedCity12:17 - R1 acquires Phare Health, boosting AI abilities Modern Healthcare13:20 - Cigna, CVS join TrumpRx in offering discounted infertility medications Healthcare Finance13:58 - Mark Cuban says Cost Plus Drugs will partner with TrumpRx Healthcare Dive17:31 - The Average Cost of a Family Health Insurance Plan Is Now $27,000 WSJ20:06 - Hospital lobby again petitions FTC to exclude doctors, hospital execs from noncompete enforcement Fierce Healthcare22:09 - Minnesota attorney general investigating Aspirus Health over claims of unlawful noncompetes Fierce Healthcare25:58 - Optum unveils new AI-powered claims processing platform Fierce Healthcare29:23 - Molina slashes 2025 profit guidance again on ACA woes Healthcare Dive30:08 - Elevance outperforms in third quarter but warns of Medicaid challenges Healthcare Dive31:36 - Samaritan Health Services to join MultiCare Health System Fierce Healthcare32:25 - Novo Nordisk to Shake Up Board After Obesity-Market Challenges WSJ33:44 - Grail says new data on multi-cancer screening test show improved performance Stat36:08 - Vision Restored Using Prosthetic Retinal Implant NYT37:56 - A Mother and Son Share an Autism Diagnosis. Their Worlds Couldn’t Be More Different. WSJ41:02 - Coinbase Strikes Deal for Crypto-Investing PlatfoHF SiteYOUTUBEINSTAGRAMTWITTERFACEBOOKLINKEDINTIKTOK

Marcus and Vic unpack a turbulent week of global and economic shifts — from the Israel-Palestine ceasefire and U.S. government shutdown to rising layoffs, job stagnation, and Wall Street’s growing fixation on AI. They dive into China’s rare earth dominance, Trump’s trade maneuvers, and the growing tension between free markets and government control. In healthcare, they cover California’s crackdown on PBMs and private equity, telehealth funding freezes, labor strikes, and AI-driven innovations from Google and Microsoft. The hosts close with major biotech deals, the crypto market’s resilience, and an existential look at AI’s power, risk, and global race for dominance.Links2:25 - The Unofficial Jobs Numbers Are In and It’s Rough Out There WSJ5:08 - Strong Bank Earnings Push S&P 500 Higher WSJ6:42 - China, Betting It Can Win a Trade War, Is Playing Hardball With Trump WSJ10:46 - China’s Rare Earth Restrictions Aim to Beat U.S. at Its Own Game NYT12:11 - The Small Company in Europe Caught in the Big Trade War Between the U.S. and China NYT19:15 - Powell Keeps Fed on Track to Lower Rates Again WSJ23:24 - Seattle startup Brook.ai raises $28M to expand remote care platform GeekWire25:45 - OutcomesAI raises $10m seed funding for AI nursing model Hospital Mgmt28:34 - WellTheory Raises $14M to Expand Autoimmune Care Platform MedCity29:29 - Vega Health launches out of stealth to help health systems purchase, monitor AI Fierce Healthcare30:17 - ŌURA Snags $900M to Expand Smart Ring Globally MedCity31:42 - California passes laws targeting PBMs, private equity Healthcare Dive33:52 - AstraZeneca Strikes Drug-Pricing Deal With Trump Administration WSJ35:32 - Medicare telehealth, hospital-at-home payments on hold Modern Healthcare39:05 - Big Changes Are Coming for 2026 Medicare Plans. What You Need to Know. WSJ40:57 - 31,000 Kaiser Permanente workers begin strike in Northern California, Hawaii Healthcare Dive42:55 - To Find Workers, Hospitals Are Training Teenagers WSJ45:07 - Hims & Hers to Offer Treatments for Menopause, Perimenopause WSJ45:31 - Jefferson Health laying off roughly 650 employees amid 'significant financial headwinds' Fierce Healthcare47:18 - Novo Nordisk to Acquire Akero Therapeutics for Up to $5.2 Billion WSJ48:06 - Johnson & Johnson to Split Off Orthopedics Business WSJ49:55 -HF SiteYOUTUBEINSTAGRAMTWITTERFACEBOOKLINKEDINTIKTOK