Were Obamacare Regulations Delayed Because of the 2012 Election?
The Washington Post ran a story over the weekend accusing the Obama administration of delaying many costly regulations to prevent“them from becoming points of contention before the 2012 election.”An...
View ArticleA Not So Happy New Year for Small Businesses
On the health care front, 2013 couldn't end fast enough for many small businesses. The year was characterized by confusion and tumult: rising premiums, a one-year delay of the government's online...
View ArticleShootout in Austin: Startups are Raring to Take on Major Challenges
The Texas sun is dipping below the horizon, setting the 16th floor of this Austin skyscraper ablaze.Twenty-eight startups from all over the region have been working on their quick-draw one-minute...
View ArticleFitness Pay for Play: Monetary Incentives Encourage Corporate Wellness...
Corporate wellness programs can help reduce healthcare expenses, but will employees actually use them? To enhance the effectiveness of these programs, a growing number of companies are offering...
View ArticleCan This Robot Help Kids With Autism?
Jalali Hartman's interest in how technology can help humans led to his latest startup venture, Robauto, a robotics company working to produce an affordable robot companion for autistic people that...
View ArticleThe European Example: Rethinking Government-Run Health Care
Since the launch of Obamacare, Americans have begun to witness the reality of what more government intervention in the health care system means—burdensome mandates, tax increases, punitive fines, and...
View Article5 Technologies That Will Change the World
Creative destruction: it's what drives the economy and remakes the world in unpredictable ways. Often it's the result of a technological breakthrough, such as the telegraph. Sometimes it's a more...
View Article3 Trends That Are Pumping Life Back Into Americans’ Health
To mark the last day to buy health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, we thought we would take a look at what lies ahead for our nation’s health. Here are three trends that show promise of a...
View ArticleWith Modernizing Medicine, Serial Entrepreneur Daniel Cane Aims to...
One of Daniel Cane’s earliest forays into the business world came by way of Blackboard, a company he co-founded that went public in 2004, and sold for $1.6 billion in 2011. Not bad for someone who...
View Article4 Innovative Apps Designed to Help Those Diagnosed With Breast Cancer
With October marking the start of International Breast Cancer Awareness month, it's a good time to highlight some of the people and organizations helping fight the disease.Since National Breast Cancer...
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