Walgreens terminates Theranos
In the wake of the tragic and most deadly shooting in US history, certain standard HIPAA protocols were overriden in Orlando per HIPAA law. Here's why.
Walgreens terminated its partnership with Theranos, whose debacles are coming to a silver screen near you (starring none other than J. Law as Holmes). A new musical will lampoon Martin Shkreli—and to demonstrate the ridiculous world of medical debt (more on that here), John Oliver bought $15M of patient debt (for $60K) and immediately forgave it.
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