The biggest losers in latest ACA suit

The House made two big waves in healthcare you should know about. Firstly, House Republicans won their ACA lawsuit—tl;dr: the biggest losers will be hospitals. But the House and the rest of the Beltway rallied together to pass a slew of bills to combat the opioid epidemic which kills 44 people each day—up 300% since 2000. ICYMI, here’s how one portfolio company is using tech to fight addiction.

We just hosted nearly 200 men and women for our seventh Rock Health Women's Summit to combat gender imbalances in digital health—and wrote about some things we learned. For one, here's how gender bias on teams is perpetuated—and real tools to help.

Headlines

Hospitals Are Biggest Losers In Latest Legal Attack On Obamacare
Tweet | Bloomberg

Sorry, We Don’t Take Obamacare
Tweet | The New York Times

As Google And Apple Pursue Telemedicine, US Carriers Struggle
Tweet | Bloomberg

An Unintended Side Effect Of Transparency
Tweet | Pro Publica

When Do You Give Up On Treating A Child With Cancer?
Tweet | The New York Times

Hospitals Mining Old Malpractice Lawsuits To Deliver Better Care
Tweet | The Wall Street Journal

Patrick Soon-Shiong Taking One Of His Mysterious Companies Public
Tweet | STAT

Tech-Savvy Families Use Home-Built Diabetes Device
Tweet | The Wall Street Journal

Rock Health in the News

Can Age Predict Your Birth Control Method? New Data Set Suggests Yes. (Amino)
Tweet | Vox

Is More Monitoring Better For Type 1 Diabetes Patients? (Welkin)
Tweet | Star Tribune

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