health care

How Amazon, JPMorgan Chase, Berkshire Hathaway Could Reshape Health Care Industry

4:39pm January 30, 2018

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Steven Halper, managing director at Cantor Fitzgerald about Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase's announcement that they are creating a new health care company.

(Left to right) Jamie Dimon, chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase

Health & Safety

Amazon, JPMorgan Chase and Berkshire Hathaway Pursue The Health Care 'Unicorn'

4:25pm January 30, 2018

by Scott Hensley

Details are scarce, but the companies said they want to help their employees get high-quality health care at a reasonable cost. Will this consortium have better luck than those that have preceded it?

Health Stocks Drop After Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway And JPMorgan Chase Announcement

4:22pm January 30, 2018

by Alison Kodjak

Amazon, JPMorgan Chase and Berkshire Hathaway are launching an effort to make health care simpler and cheaper for their own workers. The announcement sent health company stock prices lower.

Queue Listen Now

Berkshire Hathaway Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett (left) in 2017; Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, in 2013; and JP Morgan Chase Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon in 2013. Berkshire Hathaway, Amazon and JPMorgan Chase are teaming up to create a health care company a

Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway And JPMorgan Chase Launch New Health Care Company

11:51am January 30, 2018

by Bill Chappell

The new company will be "free from profit-making incentives and constraints" as it tries to find ways to cut costs and improve health care plan satisfaction for employees.

Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway And JPMorgan Tackle Health Care Costs

11:22am January 30, 2018

Some of the biggest names in business are aligning to launch a new health care venture for their U.S. employees. Scott Hensley, editor of NPR's Shots health blog, has an overview.

Queue Listen Now

Patients with a history of polyps who need more subsequent tests may have to pick up some of those costs.

Health & Safety

After A Polyp Is Found, Patients May Have To Chip In For Colonoscopies

6:00am January 30, 2018

by Michelle Andrews

While the federal health law made insurers cover the full cost of screening colonoscopies, consumers with a history of polyps who need more frequent tests may have to pick up some costs.

Critics say Idaho's insurance department can't unilaterally ignore federal law, including some of the Affordable Care Act's protections for people with pre-existing conditions.

Idaho 'Pushing Envelope' With Health Insurance Plan: How Far Can It Go?

4:05pm January 29, 2018

by Julie Appleby

Will the Trump administration compel Idaho to stick to health insurance rules laid out in the Affordable Care Act or let the state proceed with plans to skip some of its consumer protections?

Dunn carefully loads Holt into the van as her mom, Meagan Holt, looks on.

No Car, No Care? Medicaid Transport Program Faces Cuts In Some States

6:00am January 27, 2018

by JoNel Aleccia

For more than 50 years, the health program for the poor and sick has been required to ferry some clients to and from medical appointments. But a few states say transport is currently too expensive.

The revelation that a favorite uncle had died from a long-hidden drug habit shook Dr. Andrey Ostrovsky to his core. Last month Ostrovksy quit his job as Medicaid's chief medical officer and joined a group that's working to dispel the shame of addiction.

An Uncle's Overdose Spurs Medicaid Official To Change Course

3:44pm January 26, 2018

by Emmarie Huetteman

Dr. Andrey Ostrovsky, until recently chief medical officer for Medicaid, quit his job to more directly fight the stigma of addiction — a stigma that made his beloved uncle afraid to ask for help.

Flu Season Rages On, Hitting Baby Boomers Unusually Hard

2:52pm January 26, 2018

Flu is widespread throughout the country, according to latest federal numbers. Those 65 and older are the most affected, but baby boomers are ending up in the hospital at an unusually high rate.