Blockchain Healthcare Solution available, Indian State and MasterCard Join Ethereum Project
The government of the Indian State of Andhra Pradesh and MasterCard (NYSE: MA) have joined the Ethereum Enterprise Alliance (EEA).
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Market Mad House
In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. Friedrich Nietzsche
Medicare
Walgreen Boots Alliance Struggles to Survive
Medicare for All would be a boon for Walgreens by financing millions of new pharmacy customers and creating hundreds of thousands of new customers for its in-store clinics. That alone makes WBA a really good value investment to add to portfolios for the future but is it a value investment for the present.
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Why are American Healthcare Costs so High?
Is Uncle Warren right would single-payer reduce healthcare costs? Maybe; remember we already have single-payer for seniors in the form of Medicare, and it does a lousy job of controlling costs. One reason for this is that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid are barred from negotiating for prescription drug prices.
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What is happening with the Republicans?
The Republican leadership and agenda are no longer serving the economic interests of the party’s rank and file. What’s truly interesting is that this rank and file is not the crowds of factory workers we see at the Trump rallies.
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The Sanders Agenda: What Is It, and Would It Work?
The strangest thing about the Sanders agenda is that it does not go far enough. Sanders fails or refuses to address some of the major problems afflicting America today, including the high cost of housing, inequality in the public schools, lack of funds for local government, income insecurity, the pension crisis, student loan debt and the coming crisis in Social Security in Medicare.
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How Medicaid Expansion Helps Walgreen and Hurts Dollar Stores
It looks as if Obamacare could be changing the retail landscape by expanding Medicaid. That expansion seems to be driving customers to stores with pharmacies and leaving traditional dollar stores high and dry. One wonders how long Walgreen can continue to profit from that upheaval and how long before Kroger, CVS Health, and Walmart Stores Inc. start expanding their Medicaid business.
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