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Tracer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2018 11:14:05 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ig8fOK5jpV3s/v246/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ig8fOK5jpV3s/v246/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cigna-Express Scripts Deal Is Cleared by U.S. Justice Department]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-17/cigna-express-scripts-deal-is-cleared-by-u-s-justice-department</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-17/cigna-express-scripts-deal-is-cleared-by-u-s-justice-department</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Zachary Tracer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2018 18:59:19 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iaL9wxlXKNjQ/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail 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AMC Entertainment is scheduled to release earnings figures on March 1.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Generic-Drug Venture Backed by Hospitals Taps CEO From Amgen]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-06/generic-drug-venture-backed-by-hospitals-picks-ceo-from-amgen</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-06/generic-drug-venture-backed-by-hospitals-picks-ceo-from-amgen</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Zachary Tracer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2018 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iGYVWE1pFbEs/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iGYVWE1pFbEs/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A pharmaceutical plant in India. Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Major Health-Industry Deals Move Closer to Approval]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-05/major-health-industry-deals-are-said-to-move-closer-to-approval</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-05/major-health-industry-deals-are-said-to-move-closer-to-approval</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[David McLaughlin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2018 20:15:11 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/icf7S0qabF6U/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/icf7S0qabF6U/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Prescription medication frames the CVS Photographer: VICTORIA AROCHO/ </media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amazon-Berkshire-JPMorgan Health Venture Picks Operating Chief]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-04/amazon-berkshire-jpmorgan-health-venture-picks-operating-chief</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-04/amazon-berkshire-jpmorgan-health-venture-picks-operating-chief</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Zachary Tracer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2018 19:16:27 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iDheUNdcaoKI/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iDheUNdcaoKI/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A stethoscope sits on an examination table in an exam room at a Community Clinic Inc. health center in Takoma Park, Maryland, U.S., on Wednesday, April 8, 2015. Photographer: Andrew Harrer</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your Office Doctor Is Getting a Big Push From Private Investors]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-23/your-office-doctor-is-getting-a-big-push-from-private-investors</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-23/your-office-doctor-is-getting-a-big-push-from-private-investors</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Zachary Tracer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2018 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ipvhXYvRIqgg/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ipvhXYvRIqgg/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>An examination room at a clinic. Photographer: Kholood Eid/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump’s Medicaid Work Requirements Face New Legal Challenge]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-14/trump-s-medicaid-work-requirements-face-another-legal-challenge</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-14/trump-s-medicaid-work-requirements-face-another-legal-challenge</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Zachary Tracer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2018 20:19:49 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ii8AMoC2Cdgc/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ii8AMoC2Cdgc/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Examination equipment hangs on the wall in a trauma exam room at Perry Memorial Hospital in Princeton, Illinois, U.S., on Friday, Sept. 1, 2017. Almost eight months after President Donald Trump took office and promised to immediately repeal Obamacare, Republican senators are instead developing a small package of changes to help the health law rather than end it. Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alphabet Makes a $375 Million Bet on Obamacare Startup Oscar]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-14/alphabet-makes-a-375-million-bet-on-obamacare-startup-oscar</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-14/alphabet-makes-a-375-million-bet-on-obamacare-startup-oscar</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Zachary Tracer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2018 16:04:47 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ih290GD3sV6g/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ih290GD3sV6g/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>An examination room is seen at the Oscar Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016. The Oscar Center runs in partnership with Mount Sinai Health Systems providing primary care services and health and wellness programs. Photographer: Kholood Eid/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Glenview Scores Win over Carl Icahn as ISS Supports Cigna’s Deal Plan]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-10/cigna-express-scripts-takeover-wins-iss-backing-to-counter-icahn</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-10/cigna-express-scripts-takeover-wins-iss-backing-to-counter-icahn</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Scott Deveau]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2018 13:08:35 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ioUdRGiGeZWk/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ioUdRGiGeZWk/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Fashionably late.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump Pushes Medicare Doctors to Rein In Costs or Face Penalties]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-09/trump-pushes-medicare-doctors-to-rein-in-costs-or-face-penalties</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-09/trump-pushes-medicare-doctors-to-rein-in-costs-or-face-penalties</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Zachary Tracer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2018 20:19:55 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iHr2M4QC_AbU/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iHr2M4QC_AbU/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>An exam bed sits in a room at Perry Memorial Hospital in Princeton, Illinois, U.S., on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017. Senate in both political parties say they\&apos;ve reached agreement on fixes to stabilize Obamacare just two weeks before Americans start signing up for 2018 coverage. Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cigna ‘Dramatically Overpaying’ for Express Scripts, Icahn Says]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-07/cigna-dramatically-overpaying-for-express-scripts-icahn-says</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-07/cigna-dramatically-overpaying-for-express-scripts-icahn-says</guid><category><![CDATA[personal-finance]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Scott Deveau]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2018 10:25:52 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iWIFePeuOjIw/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iWIFePeuOjIw/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Carl Icahn Photographer: Victor J. Blue/                                </media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doctor Becomes Billionaire as Obamacare Begets Medicaid Riches]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-06/doctor-becomes-billionaire-as-obamacare-begets-medicaid-riches</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-06/doctor-becomes-billionaire-as-obamacare-begets-medicaid-riches</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Metcalf]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2018 09:00:01 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/icFOlWCNP_pg/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/icFOlWCNP_pg/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Examination equipment hangs on the wall in a trauma exam room at Perry Memorial Hospital in Princeton, Illinois, U.S., on Friday, Sept. 1, 2017. Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Icahn’ Is the Name No One Dares Speak on Cigna's Earnings Call]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-02/-icahn-is-the-name-no-one-dares-speak-on-cigna-s-earnings-call</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-02/-icahn-is-the-name-no-one-dares-speak-on-cigna-s-earnings-call</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Drew Armstrong]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2018 14:59:14 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iKeRNeffgQa0/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iKeRNeffgQa0/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn attends the Leveraged Finance Fights Melanoma charity event in New York, U.S.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Icahn Opposes Cigna-Express Deal, Fearing Amazon's Drug Foray]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-01/express-scripts-falls-as-carl-icahn-said-to-oppose-cigna-deal</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-01/express-scripts-falls-as-carl-icahn-said-to-oppose-cigna-deal</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Scott Deveau]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2018 19:16:08 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ivWdDE8xJvBg/v246/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ivWdDE8xJvBg/v246/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Single-Payer Health Plan Studies Give Fuel to the Left and Right]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-01/single-payer-health-plan-studies-give-fuel-to-the-left-and-right</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-01/single-payer-health-plan-studies-give-fuel-to-the-left-and-right</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Zachary Tracer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2018 04:01:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ifhedATUdiDE/v246/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ifhedATUdiDE/v246/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Short-Term Health Plans Backed by Trump Are Cheap for a Reason]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-31/short-term-health-plans-backed-by-trump-are-cheap-for-a-reason</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-31/short-term-health-plans-backed-by-trump-are-cheap-for-a-reason</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Zachary Tracer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2018 13:58:54 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iCsTcxe9P7zk/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iCsTcxe9P7zk/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>An examination room is seen at the Oscar Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016. 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