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News Aug. 28, 2020, 11:46 PM

The most powerful people influencing Trump on healthcare

Hello, Welcome to Dispensed, Business Insider’s healthcare newsletter. I’m Kimberly Leonard, and I’m BI’s healthcare reporter focused on policy and politics. I’m guest hosting our newsletter today from Philadelphia. Thanks to a quick turnaround in coronavirus testing provided for free in Washington, DC, I was able to get cleared before […]

News Aug. 22, 2020, 1:40 AM

The head of Operation Warp Speed told us about his day that starts at 2:30 a.m. and shared his timeline for a coronavirus vaccine in an exclusive interview

Hello, Welcome to Dispensed, Business Insider’s healthcare newsletter. It’s been a big week for the healthcare team, and I somehow managed to keep everything on track as our fearless leader Zach Tracer took a much-deserved week off. I’m especially proud of some of the big exclusive interviews the team got […]

News Aug. 19, 2020, 10:30 PM

Inside a DC doctor’s ascension to Joe Biden’s A-Team

Welcome to Dispensed Daily , your daily dose of healthcare news from Business Insider’s healthcare editor Lydia Ramsey Pflanzer and the healthcare team. Subscribe here to get this newsletter in your inbox every weekday. Hello, Here’s the healthcare news you need to know: Inside the rise of Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick, […]

News Aug. 12, 2020, 10:37 PM

Healthcare execs predict how a Biden win would boost their businesses

Welcome to Dispensed Daily , your daily dose of healthcare news from Business Insider’s healthcare editor Lydia Ramsey Pflanzer and the healthcare team. Subscribe here to get this newsletter in your inbox every weekday. Hello, I’m Kimberly Leonard, and I’m guest hosting today’s edition of Dispensed Daily from Washington, DC. […]

News Jul. 29, 2020, 10:34 PM

Inside the DC clash over how to help schools reopen safely

Welcome to Dispensed Daily , your daily dose of healthcare news from Business Insider’s healthcare editor Lydia Ramsey Pflanzer and the healthcare team. Subscribe here to get this newsletter in your inbox every weekday. Hello, Today in healthcare news: Congress debates how to reopen schools, how the pandemic’s shaping Google […]

News Jul. 25, 2020, 12:50 AM

Drugmakers are gearing up for massive coronavirus vaccine trials after promising early data

Hello, Welcome to Dispensed, Business Insider’s weekly healthcare newsletter. This week, the healthcare team has been hard at work tracking what’s happening on Capitol Hill as Republicans get ready to unveil their next coronavirus stimulus plan, parsing through the new – promising – data from the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine, and diving […]

News Jul. 22, 2020, 10:42 PM

What Republicans want in the next coronavirus bailout package

Welcome to Dispensed Daily , your daily dose of healthcare news from Business Insider’s healthcare editor Lydia Ramsey Pflanzer. Subscribe here to get this newsletter in your inbox every weekday. Hello, Today in healthcare news: a lot of updates from Capitol Hill from our very own senior reporter Kimberly Leonard, […]

News Jun. 8, 2020, 10:52 PM

POWER PLAYERS: The 27 people to watch for how Joe Biden and Kamala Harris could transform healthcare

Healthcare is shaping up to be a crucial issue in the 2020 presidential election. Democratic nominee Joe Biden is running for the White House on a promise to preserve the Affordable Care Act. In contrast, Republican rival Donald Trump supports a lawsuit before the Supreme Court that threatens to invalidate […]

News May. 22, 2020, 5:48 AM

Trump and Congress tried to make coronavirus testing and treatment free, but people are still getting big bills when they go to the hospital

Congress and the Trump administration tried to protect coronavirus patients from getting large medical bills, but problems are popping up. Two patients who tried to get treatment for coronavirus symptoms didn’t get tested, but still received large medical bills. One uninsured patient living in New York City got a nearly […]

News May. 6, 2020, 12:52 AM

Retail giant Walmart got $12.6 million in federal health stimulus cash intended for doctors and hospitals, but decided to give it back

Walmart received $US12.6 million from a coronavirus relief fund Congress set up to help struggling doctors and hospitals. Walmart got the money because the formula the Trump administration set up allowed any healthcare providers who take care of Medicare patients to qualify. The funds went out automatically. Even though Walmart […]