Author Archives: health

Trump’s healthcare executive order is a win for everyday Americans – Washington Examiner

In late June, President Trump signed an executive order that aims to make healthcare prices more transparent. The order calls on the Secretary of Health and Human Services to propose rules that would require hospitals to publicly post standard prices for medical care in an “easy-to-understand, consumer-friendly” format that will “allow patients to compare prices… Read More: Trump’s healthcare executive order is a win for everyday Americans… »

12 rules for health tech startups

by MATTHEW HOLT Last week Mark Cuban tweeted out 12 rules for tech startups and Jessica DaMassa challenged a bunch of people to respond for health care. VC and general health care wit Lisa Suennen came out with quite the list (she got to 13) but I thought someone ought to write the real rules…… Read More: 12 rules for health tech startups »

Blame FDR for our healthcare disaster

Left, Right, and in between, everyone can agree that our employer-provided health insurance industry is failing. Even if the overwhelming majority of Americans wish to keep their private health insurance, the market itself issues perverse incentives and leaves millions of Americans in the dust. Republicans rightly blame Obamacare for the consolidation of the health insurance… Read More: Blame FDR for our healthcare disaster »

How Pushups Can Help Men’s Hearts

In a 10-year study published in February, researchers reported that men who can do 40 pushups have a whopping 96% lower risk of heart disease than guys who can’t muster 10. The average man in the study: Nearly 40 years old and overweight, but not obese. All 1,562 men were physically active firefighters rather than… Read More: How Pushups Can Help Men’s Hearts »