In death, there’s data

The award for last week's most human-centric look at healthcare politics goes to Sarah Kliff's piece on lifetime limits and a little boy named Timmy who "arrived seven weeks premature—but, in a way, just at the right time."

Speaking of lifetime limits, though the Valley still wants to cheat death, many entrepreneurs are still worried about maintaining their health and cite the security afforded by the ACA as a reason they were emboldened to strike out on their own. Here’s another thought: When you do die, should you donate your health data to science?

Headlines

Donate Your Health Data When You Die, Researchers Say
Tweet | Scientific American

Even Life-Saving Innovations Don’t Sell Themselves
Tweet | Harvard Business Review

Is This Billionaire's Cancer Moonshot Falling Far Short Of The Hype?
Tweet | STAT

Microsoft Takes Another Crack At Healthcare With Cloud, AI, And Chatbots
Tweet | Bloomberg

A Robot Physical Therapist Helps Kids With Cerebral Palsy
Tweet | Technology Review

Docs Look To HHS' Price For Relief From Regulatory Burden, Including MACRA
Tweet | FierceHealthcare

Mail-Order STD Tests Make Sharing Results Easy
Tweet | Wired

Funding

• Virtual nurse app Sense.ly raised $8M
• Spanish-language healthcare services platform ConsejoSano raised $4.9M