The retail giant is said to be in talks with online startup PillPack, which pre-sorts pills into date- and time-stamped packets for patients who take multiple drugs.
Including changes based on how sick or healthy people are, the total increase in payments to insurers is estimated to be about 6.5 percent, on average,
Because the new plans will not be defined as "health insurance," they will not be subject to a variety of state and federal insurance regulations. Or so proponents hope.
The lawsuit marked a bold move against the state's dominant health care system in Northern California as concerns mount nationally about consolidation among hospitals, insurers and other industry middlemen.
There is real risk for discrimination when designing algorithms for machine learning systems, including the real potential for exclusionary health insurance systems.