UnitedHealth to buy pharmacy benefit manager Catamaran for $12.8B

http://www.fiercehealthpayer.com/story/unitedhealth-buy-pharmacy-benefit-manager-catamaran-128b/2015-03-30?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal

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5 ways that Obamacare might have changed your doctor’s office visit

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/health360/posts/2015/03/20-ways-aca-changed-doctor-visit-patel?hs_u=henrykotula@yahoo.com&utm_campaign=brookings-comm&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=16723961&_hsenc=p2ANqtz–JOLrl2hQp9C3r8jEVOVWk7Bo_V9A0S4CfWeW9CkwUb-DiPGDXBE__q3zbRr7qKkQMVXKKGxbIqw4LmO1N-5R-wOo6HQ&_hsmi=16723961

Kaiser, Providence, Ascension leaders share cost-cutting strategies

http://www.fiercehealthfinance.com/story/kaiser-providence-ascension-leaders-share-cost-cutting-strategies/2015-03-27

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Flagship Ventures raises $537M in new fund; plans to launch 5 companies per year

Flagship Ventures raises $537M in new fund; plans to launch 5 companies per year

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High deductibles have pricey consequences

http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/high-deductibles-have-pricey-consequences?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRoju6%2FIZKXonjHpfsX57u4rUa6zlMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4ESMRnI%2BSLDwEYGJlv6SgFQ7LHMbpszbgPUhM%3D

 If people choose not to have important preventive care and end up needing an expensive hospital stay years later as a result, everybody is worse off.