Bob Herman
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Northwest Indiana, IN, United States
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The health care industry is booming despite the pandemic
Big Health Care and Big Tech have a lot in common. → Read More
Health workers fear PPE shortage again amid coronavirus surge
The same PPE problems from the spring are returning. → Read More
The NIH claims joint ownership of Moderna's coronavirus vaccine
Taxpayers have a sizable stake in the vaccine Moderna is developing. → Read More
Health care CEO pay outstrips infectious disease research
Health care executives continue to reap large rewards from their stock ownership. → Read More
Where coronavirus hospitalizations are falling — and where they're not
Tracking hospital cases helps to see the severity of the virus' spread. → Read More
The coronavirus is further dividing rich and poor hospitals
Experts are shocked at how wealthier hospitals are gaining advantages. → Read More
Medicaid will be a coronavirus lifeline
But this crisis will seriously strain the program and states. → Read More
Medicare Advantage enrollment swells
MA continues to absorb more of the entire Medicare program. → Read More
Employers skeptical of health insurance merger savings
Mergers between health insurers and pharmacy benefit managers have been billed as a way to save employers money. But half of employers don't expect that to happen, according to a new JPMorgan survey. Driving the news: In JPMorgan's survey of top human-resources executives from 50 companies, exactly 50% said they don't think integrating medical and drug benefits under one roof will "drive overall… → Read More
Hospitals sue Trump administration over price transparency rule
The move was expected. → Read More
People hate shopping for health insurance
Americans rarely switch to new health plans when the annual insurance-shopping season comes around, even if they could have gotten a better deal. The bottom line: People loathe shopping for health plans, and many are bad at it, for one major reason: "It's just too hard," Tricia Neuman, a Medicare expert at the Kaiser Family Foundation, told me last year. Reality check: During any insurance… → Read More
Websites are advertising "Trumpcare" plans, but Trumpcare doesn't exist
The plans generally offer little to no coverage for serious illnesses. → Read More
Medical costs are driving millions of people into poverty
8 million people in 2018 alone. → Read More
Johnson & Johnson loses Oklahoma opioids lawsuit
It's a groundbreaking ruling and a potentially ominous harbinger opioid companies and distributors. → Read More
Nonprofit hospital systems are more like their corporate brethren
Hospitals are more like Big Pharma than soup kitchens. → Read More
As drug prices soar, health care CEOs made $2.6 billion in 2018
The median pay was $7.7 million. → Read More
Google CEO Sundar Pichai took home almost a half-billion dollars in 2018
It's one of the highest CEO payouts of 2018. → Read More
4 pharma companies saved $7 billion from GOP tax law
But pharma R&D did not increase, and prices did not decrease. → Read More
Exclusive: Lawsuit says Johnson & Johnson was opioid "kingpin"
The opioid crisis is bigger than Purdue Pharma. → Read More
UnitedHealthcare stops sharing data with research group
The Health Care Cost Institute is losing a major partner. → Read More