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What the CVS-Aetna Deal Means for the Delivery of U.S. Health Care

Harvard Business Review

To lower the cost of premiums, Aetna and CVS, UnitedHealth and Optum, and undoubtedly others are creating a marriage of the financing and delivery of care. This is evidenced by the number of venture funding deals , which grew some 200% between 2010 and 2014. The CVS-Aetna marriage is only the tip of the iceberg.

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Enabling the Natural Act of Entrepreneurship

Harvard Business Review

Piecemeal policies, like angel tax credits, loan guarantees, reduced payroll taxes, direct investments, government venture funds, etc., So Puerto Rican entrepreneurs hire consultants to badger government procurement to pay up, and in parallel they jack up their prices to finance the long receivables cycle.