Health:Further

Vic hosts a solo episode covering volatility in the stock market tied to geopolitical tensions, a detailed breakdown of 2025 inflation data and how price increases vary by consumer category, congressional movement on healthcare funding and PBM reform, proposed multi-year extensions for telehealth and hospital-at-home programs, ARPA-H’s call for AI-driven cardiovascular care solutions, UnitedHealthcare’s plan to rebate ACA profits to members, the New York Stock Exchange’s move toward tokenized 24/7 trading, Amazon’s launch of an AI health assistant for One Medical members, and new survey data revealing a widening gap between how executives and workers experience productivity gains from AI.

Links
00:58 - Stocks Rally After Trump Announces Framework for Greenland Deal WSJ
1:51 - The 2025 Inflation Numbers Are Finally In. Here’s the Good and Bad News. WSJ
3:48 - The Trump administration is creating clinical AI agents with a 3-year FDA approval timeline Fierce Healthcare
4:40 - Telehealth, hospital-at-home set to receive multiyear extensions in recent funding proposal Feirce Healthcare
6:44 - UnitedHealth CEO Hemsley says insurer will rebate ACA profits to consumers Fierce Healthcare
8:15 - NYSE to Launch 24/7 Trading Platform for Blockchain-Based Securities WSJ
10:11 - Amazon launches health AI chatbot for One Medical members Healthcare Dive
11:50 - CEOs Say AI Is Making Work More Efficient. Employees Tell a Different Story. WSJ

What is Health:Further?

Every week, healthcare VCs and Jumpstart Health Investors co-founders Vic Gatto and Marcus Whitney review and unpack the happenings in US Healthcare, finance, technology and policy. With a firm belief that our healthcare system is doomed without entrepreneurship, they work through the mud to find the jewels, highlight headwinds and tailwinds, and bring on the smartest guests to fill in the gaps.