Health & Wellness

TL/DR - Private equity firms have significantly increased their acquisition of physician practices, hospitals, laboratories, and nursing homes, spending hundreds of billions of dollars. Such acquisitions often lead to more aggressive billing, stricter requirements for patient tests, reduced access, increased costs, and can even threaten patient…

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TL/DR - Walgreens CEO Tim Wentworth has argued that the company is using its stores and brand to bolster its expanding health-care business. The company has been closing stores to optimize its footprint, countering assertions that it needs to pivot away from its stores to meet health-care goals. Wentworth sees the brand as a "leverageable asset"…

TL/DR - The author describes his experience with medical bill confusion, highlighting how difficult it is to determine upfront costs of procedures due to opaque billing and insurance systems. Carolyn McClanahan, a physician and certified financial planner, recommends three steps to manage this issue: getting to know your insurance thoroughly,…