Health:Further

Vic and Emily Evans discuss the Fed holding rates and the declining influence of monetary policy, Turquoise Health’s $40M raise and the shift toward payment infrastructure, and the broader slowdown in healthcare spending growth. They explore consumer-driven healthcare models, political tensions around insurance and affordability, and upcoming policy shifts. The episode also covers vaccine policy changes, cancer immunotherapy efforts, CMS’s new wearable-driven care model, the rise of ketamine prescriptions, crypto regulation clarity, tokenized markets, AI’s expanding role in healthcare and business, and the growing challenge of trust in an era of synthetic media.

Links
Story # 1 Fed Meeting
00:59 - Fed Holds Rates Steady as Iran War Clouds Outlook WSJ
Story # 2: Price transparency deals 
6:05 - Turquoise Health raises $40M to power healthcare contracts, payments Fierce Healthcare
Story # 3 Payers still in Crosshairs
19:56 - Democratic senators detail plans to take on 'Big Insurance' Fierce Healthcare
Story # 4 Vaccine Drama
27:18 - Federal court blocks RFK Jr.’s moves to upend US vaccine policy, Healthcare Dive
27:29 - Health Groups Hailed a Vaccine Ruling, but Their Relief May Be Short-Lived NYT
29:34 - HHS Has a Potential Solution for Cancers That Keep Coming Back: Vaccines WSJ
Story # 5 ACCESS program
31:24 - Discussion of the ACCESS program CMS website
Story # 6 Sutter’s expansion
37:01 - Sutter, Allina Health to form $26B nonprofit system 
Story # 7 Ketamine risks
38:56 - She Hoped Ketamine Would Rewire Her Brain. She Didn’t Live to See It Work. WSJ
Story # 8 Tokenizing Equities
42:24 - SEC and CFTC unveil new crypto guidance declaring most digital assets are not securities The Block
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Story # 9 Maven Intelligence
49:39 - Maven Clinic expands AI capabilities with genAI agent built on OpenAI, Google LLMs Fierce Healthcare
Story # 10 MS v. OpenAI
52:53 - Microsoft Looking To Sue OpenAI Over New Amazon Deal: Here's Why Free Press
Story # 11 1st AI Actor
1:02:45 - Val Kilmer Resurrected by AI to Star in ‘As Deep as the Grave’ Movie Variety

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.