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Clover Health (CLOV) is joining other Medicare Advantage (MA) plans in offering a grocery benefit to its members, an option that was first made available by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in 2018.  Clover CEO Vivek Garipalli told Yahoo Finance the goal is to help alleviate health-determining factors, known in the industry as social determinants of health, which include access to healthy food. Major MA players like Humana (HUM) and Centene (CNC) have already begun to… Source link

New stimulus benefit offers free health insurance through the end of this year The massive COVID rescue package President Joe Biden signed back in March — the same law that included $1,400 stimulus and the upcoming monthly payments for families — is now offering free health insurance to millions of Americans, through the end of 2021. The benefit’s zero-premium health care plans just became available, as of July 1, and there are no income limits to qualify. But you must meet one big… Source link

WASHINGTON — Washington is abuzz with an ambitious new antitrust effort to rein in the power of tech industry power players like Apple, Amazon, Google, and Facebook — and the effort could limit their ascent in the health care industry. Tech companies are already major players in the health care space — think Amazon’s decision to launch its own pharmacy, or Google’s acquisition of Fitbit — and they have their sights set even bigger. If major antitrust reform passes, it could… Source link

The Supreme Court’s recent ruling on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) further solidified the landmark health care legislation known as Obamacare while the nation attempts to emerge from the coronavirus pandemic with a uniquely expensive health care system. The 7-2 ruling enables “those who want to build on the ACA to look forward and assume the law will largely remain intact,” Rachel Garfield, vice president at the Kaiser Family Foundation, told Yahoo Finance. “Health policy is always evolving,… Source link

The coronavirus pandemic will leave long-lasting issues for Americans, some of whom might not know it yet.   The shutdowns that occurred throughout 2020 meant that many patients missed regular doctor’s appointments. And when patients can’t regularly see their physicians, things often fall through the cracks. “I think one of the [unforeseen] consequences of COVID is that people weren’t diagnosed for things like cancer, for diabetes, [or] for other significant health problems,” Adam… Source link

US President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the American Rescue Plan in the State Dining Room of the White House on May 5, 2021. (Photo by Nicholas Kamm / AFP) (Photo by NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images) A surge in Medicaid enrollment during the coronavirus pandemic is pushing the United States near a momentous tipping point: More people getting health care coverage through a government plan than through the private sector. Here’s the math. A record 80.5 million Americans now get health… Source link

Simone Manuel (right) celebrates with Abby Weitzeil after they both qualified to represent the U.S. in the 50-meter freestyle at the Tokyo Olympics. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images) Simone Manuel, the 2016 Olympic swimming star who has battled complicated health issues in 2021, completed a remarkable comeback on Sunday night, qualifying for her second Olympics mere months after those health issues forced her out of the pool. Manuel won the 50-meter freestyle at U.S. Olympic trials in… Source link

Elevate your enterprise data technology and strategy at Transform 2021. On May 26, Google and HCA Healthcare, a national hospital chain, announced a data sharing partnership that will provide the internet giant with access to a host of patient records and real-time medical information. But what is being cast by both companies as a win for improved patient treatments and outcomes is hardly a victory for consumers. Google has a dark history of exploiting personal data for profit…. Source link

Google is going after the health sector in a major way, but Google’s health vice president said he’s feeling more pressure to bringits health products to Google-sized scale than to bring immediate revenue to the company. David Feinberg, who joined Google in a newly-created role as VP of health two years ago, said several times Wednesday that he feels pressure to bring products to scale but that revenue isn’t a part of most of his discussions with Google higher-ups. “The real pressure is ‘is… Source link

Shares of Clover Health Investments, Corp. () breached their previous 52-week high of $24.93 in pre-market Wednesday morning. This added to a total increase in the stock’s value of over 110% in the past week amid a to short the stock. Following market open, its price fell just below Tuesday’s close $22.15. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Tennessee, Clover Health is a Medicare-backed insurance seller with 458 full-time employees and provides preferred provider organization and health… Source link