Health:Further 136 - How the MAHA Movement Is Rewiring U.S. Healthcare Policy
In this episode, Vic Gatto and guest host Rick Abramson, a physician and healthcare strategist, cover the latest in AI regulation, economic indicators affecting healthcare, recent venture deals in senior living and food-as-medicine startups, and growing momentum behind the MAHA (Make America Healthy Again) movement. They discuss controversial federal appointments, shifts in FDA policy, the balance between prevention and treatment, Medicare Advantage fraud allegations, state Medicaid funding loopholes, drug manufacturing regulation, and pressures facing the nursing workforce and academic medical centers.
Previous Guest Show:
#73 - AI and Healthcare Innovation: A Conversation with Dr. Rick Abramson YouTube
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3:27 - U.S. nonfarm jobs grow by 177,000 in April, beating expectations UPI
4:28 - Powell rules out a preemptive rate cut to blunt any tariff impact CNBC
6:12 - U.S. and U.K. Unveil Framework for Trade Deal WSJ
7:09 - U.S. and Chinese Officials to Meet for Trade Talks WSJ
8:08 - TSOLife Secures $43M to Revolutionize Senior Living Experience HIT
10:11 - FoodHealth Company corrals $7.5M Series A to support pivot Axios
12:03 - Deerfield Management raises $600M fund in "constrained" market Axios
12:53 - Trump Picks a ‘MAHA’ Movement Leader for Surgeon General WSJ
13:38 - Biotech Stocks Fall After FDA Names Vinay Prasad To Succeed Marks at CBER BioSpace
34:31 - Justice Department Sues Big Medicare Insurers Alleging Kickbacks WSJ
36:20 - G.O.P. Targets a Medicaid Loophole Used by 49 States to Grab Federal Money NYT
41:07 - Trump orders FDA to help speed building of new drug factories Healthcare Dive
42:16 - N.I.H. Bans New Funding From U.S. Scientists to Partners Abroad NYT
44:20 - U.S. to Overhaul Curbs on AI Chip Exports After Industry Backlash WSJ
45:45 - CVS Beats Wall Street Expectations, Plans to Withdraw From ACA Business WSJ
47:22 - Clover Heath raises guidance, revenue jumps 33% Fierce Healthcare
48:29 - Vanderbilt Medical Center implements hiring freeze, layoffs amid federal funding cuts WTVF
50:33 - OHSU, Legacy Health's 10-hospital, $8B merger is no more Fierce Healthcare
52:37 - Helping nurse managers tend to their frontline workers Fierce Healthcare
53:28 - Nurse managers: The backbone of a strong nursing workforce McKinsey Report
57:04 - Health reports Q1 growth Axios