{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Health:Further","title":"204 - Exercise Pill, Cancer Vaccine, Blood-Draw Robots and the Future of Healthcare","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/040980d3\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3659,"description":"Vic and guest host Paul Kappleman discuss the state of U.S. healthcare under the Trump administration, including access, affordability, hospital closures, consolidation, and the potential rise of Medicare for All. They examine weakening retail sales, interest rates, $40 trillion in U.S. debt, healthcare venture capital, at-home sleep apnea diagnosis, pancreatic cancer screening, primary care, FDA leadership and AI-enabled medical devices, Medicaid asset limits, Costco entering Medicare, Providence Health Plan's exit, and Moderna's personalized cancer vaccine. They also cover an exercise pill, patient access to test results, Bitcoin and the CLARITY Act, robotic blood draws, Epic's AI platform, OpenAI's new protections for teens and enterprise users, and Amazon's expansion of drone delivery.\n1 — In This Economy\n17:09 - U.S. Retail Sales Fell 0.6% in July to $763.6 Billion, Missing Forecasts for Growth  WSJ\n\n17:26 - Fed Minutes Reveal Broader Support for Rate Increases WSJ\n\n17:56 - U.S. Debt Hits $40 Trillion as America’s Borrowing Binge Continues NYT\n\n\n2 — VC Deal Review\n19:58 - Happy Health Snags $75M to Support Home-Based Care MedCity sleep\n\n21:24 - Craif raises $33M to boost work on its urine test for cancer Fierce Healthcare. Urine pancreatic cancer\n\n22:27 - Aligned Marketplace Secures $20M for Advanced Primary Care Marketplace MedCity\n\n\n3 — Policy\n25:05 - Trump Taps Dr. Heidi Overton to Lead FDA NYT\n\n27:18 - FDA: Considerations for the Regulation of Generative AI-Enabled Medical Devices: Discussion Paper and \nRequest for Feedback. Reg.gov\n\n\n4 — Health Payors\n29:25 - Medi-Cal plans brace for ‘devastating’ asset limit crunch Beckers\n\n31:35 - Costco Sells Vacations, Gas and, Soon, Medicare Plans WSJ\n\n33:33 - Providence Health Plan to close completely after Medicare Advantage deal falls through Healthcare Dive\n\n\n5 — Pharma & Novel Therapies\n37:11 - Moderna Shares More Than Double on Success of mRNA Cancer Vaccine WSJ\n\n39:50 - An ‘Exercise Pill’ Just Cleared Its...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/qQpNWNNt0Jii-gH3dDJO-qaNGcqviKTTp8BwIkelLC8/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9kMGIy/YjcyMGFhYTI5N2Zh/ODNjMjdhYzRkMTcz/NGQyNC5qcGVn.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}