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Concierge immediate and urgent care network Sollis Health published a comprehensive decade-long trend study, The Real Cost of Healthcare for Americans, that synthesizes national health economics research with ten years of proprietary internal patient utilization data.Quantifies the macroeconomic "Time Tax" across U.S. healthcare delivery: travel and waiting times alone cost American patients and employers an estimated $89 billion in lost economic value annually.Evaluates
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Included Health Launches Alternative Health Plans for Self-Insured Employers Targeting 2028 Go-Live
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Integrated virtual care, navigation, and advocacy leader Included Health announced the official commercial launch of Included Health Plans, scheduled for a January 1, 2028 plan year go-live date across the self-insured employer market.Positions the new offering as a direct challenger and alternative to traditional legacy carrier-led administrative services only (ASO) and insurer models, engineered to reverse escalating employer healthcare costs without shifting
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Google Fitbit and Weight Watchers Team Up on Employer-Sponsored Weight Health
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Weight Watchers announced a strategic enterprise collaboration with Google Health Enterprise, integrating wearable biometric tracking and AI-driven insights directly into employer-sponsored health programs.The collaboration debuts through select Weight Watchers for Business client organizations, granting eligible members access to Google Fitbit Air devices and Google Health Premium software features upon meeting specific activity and program duration milestones.The
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Hims Launches AI-Native Weight Loss Care Platform Featuring Closed-Loop Action Engine and Clinical Escalation
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Digital health and direct-to-consumer healthcare leader Hims & Hers Health, Inc. announced the rollout of its AI-native care platform to Hims weight loss members, expanding foundational capabilities previously launched across Labs AI and the Hers ecosystem.Replaces legacy, asynchronous telehealth messaging models with a closed-loop clinical operating system designed to maintain longitudinal context, learn from patient outcomes, and eliminate repetitive patient intake
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America’s Elder-Care Crisis Has Arrived. We’re Not Ready.
For years, America has talked about the aging population as a problem we will need to solve somewhere down the road. That framing is outdated. The crisis is already here.
The population of older adults grew 13% between 2020 and 2024, far faster than the working-age population. There are over 61 million older adults in the United States. By 2030, every Baby Boomer will be at least 65 years old.
After decades in healthcare, I have seen how quickly demographic trends become realities
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PwC Reproductive Health Report: Expanding From Infertility Treatment to Whole-Life Fertility Care
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Global strategic advisory firm PwC published a market analysis titled “Unlocking the Women’s Health Opportunity: A New Era in Fertility and Reproductive Health,” projecting the global fertility sector to expand from $25 billion to $35 billion today to reach $35 billion - $45 billion by 2030, growing at a 6% to 8% compound annual growth rate.The market is experiencing a structural pivot from reactive infertility intervention to proactive, lifelong reproductive health
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Angle Health Secures $600M at $2.7B Valuation to Scale AI-Native Small Business Health Plans
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Angle Health, an AI-native healthcare benefits platform designed for small and midsize businesses (SMBs), announced a $600M equity financing transaction at a $2.7 billion valuation.The financing was led by global growth investor Vitruvian Partners, with participation from new backer Town Hall Ventures and existing investors Blumberg Capital, Portage Ventures, PruVen Capital, and Y Combinator.Angle Health currently serves more than 5,000 employer groups with customizable
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ATA Action Launches Cross-State Care Coalition to Advance Bipartisan Federal Telehealth Licensure Reform
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ATA Action—the advocacy arm of the American Telemedicine Association (ATA)—launched the Cross-State Care Coalition, uniting health systems, digital health platforms, and clinical innovators to advance bipartisan federal legislation modernizing clinician licensure across state lines.The coalition is co-chaired by Johns Hopkins Medicine and ATA Action, building upon policy foundations established under the Licensure Innovation for Telehealth Transformation (LIFTT)
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Cedar Gate Survey Reveals 83% of Health Plans Miss VBC Outcomes Due to Fragmented Data
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A national research study conducted by Wakefield Research for Cedar Gate Technologies (an IQVIA business) surveyed 100 senior U.S. health plan executives (VP level and above) across actuarial science, clinical operations, VBC strategy, and IT.The Adoption-Performance Paradox: 83% of payer executives report they are not achieving the cost and quality outcomes they expected from value-based care (VBC), yet 72% intend to continue or expand their alternative payment
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Amazon One Medical Expands On-Demand GLP-1 Care to 48 States & Washington, D.C.
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Amazon One Medical has expanded its weight management and GLP-1 clinical care infrastructure across 48 states and Washington, D.C., updating its national delivery framework on September 15, 2026.Introduces a bifurcated access model dividing clinical touchpoints into two pathways:Insurance-Covered Primary Care Integration: In-person and scheduled video visits embedded within longitudinal primary care across markets with physical One Medical clinics, managing
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