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Rubio attacks Trump for vague healthcare plan
Thursday, February 25, 2016 11:25 PM
Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz lashed out at Donald Trump in their raucous final debate before Super Tuesday. "What is your plan on healthcare? You don't have a plan," Rubio said. Trump responded he would allow insurance plans to be sold...


McKesson pays $1.2 billion for oncology provider and specialty pharmacy
Thursday, February 25, 2016 4:29 PM
McKesson announced Thursday that it had acquired two oncology companies to bolster its specialty health segment. The combined transactions were valued at $1.2 billion, and are expected to close in the first quarter of fiscal 2017, pending customary...


Oregon co-op files class-action suit over risk corridor payments
Thursday, February 25, 2016 4:00 PM
A shuttered Oregon co-op health plan filed a class-action lawsuit against the federal government Wednesday, saying insurers are owed as much as $5 billion in risk corridor payments.


Kronick steps down as director of AHRQ
Thursday, February 25, 2016 2:45 PM
Dr. Richard Kronick, 63, will step down as director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. He will return to the University of California at San Diego, where he became a faculty member in 1991. Kronick's resignation is effective March 18.


Stanford preps insurance products for Bay Area tech employers
Thursday, February 25, 2016 12:43 PM
Stanford Health Care, the Bay Area academic medical center, is entering the insurance market with a product that will be offered to Silicon Valley's technology companies.


Blog: Affordable housing provides health benefits and savings
Thursday, February 25, 2016 11:06 AM
Affordable-housing advocates are urging federal and state governments to be flexible in the way Medicaid dollars are spent to address homelessness.They say it could reduce healthcare costs and improve patient outcomes.


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