<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title><![CDATA[Blake Dodge - ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Blake Dodge - ]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/ATzlRLtZ8po/blake-dodge</link><image><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/feeds/static/images/bloomberg_logo_black.png</url><title>Blake Dodge - </title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/ATzlRLtZ8po/blake-dodge</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2025 02:42:40 GMT</lastBuildDate><copyright><![CDATA[Copyright 2025 BLOOMBERG L.P. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><atom:link href="https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/ATzlRLtZ8po/blake-dodge.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Mysterious $1,000 Lab Bills Leave Patients Baffled and Annoyed]]></title><description><![CDATA[‘Who’s Quest? I never went to Quest.’ Rising deductibles leave patients puzzling over surprise charges]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-11-21/mysterious-1-000-lab-bills-leave-patients-baffled-and-annoyed</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-11-21/mysterious-1-000-lab-bills-leave-patients-baffled-and-annoyed</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Blake Dodge]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2018 14:30:12 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iPhsUYKUp3vw/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iPhsUYKUp3vw/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Test tubes in the holder in the laboratory Photographer: Martynasfoto/iStockphoto</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doctors Are Fed Up With Being Turned Into Debt Collectors]]></title><description><![CDATA[Physicians, hospitals and medical labs are grappling with the rise in high-deductible insurance]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-11-15/doctors-are-fed-up-with-being-turned-into-debt-collectors</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-11-15/doctors-are-fed-up-with-being-turned-into-debt-collectors</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Blake Dodge]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2018 12:00:23 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iGekz0HPeaPE/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iGekz0HPeaPE/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>The medical-device tax, which took effect in January, is projected to raise $30 billion over a decade and is among new fees and spending cuts facing the health-care industry to help pay for President Barack Obama’s $1.4 trillion plan bill to expand medical coverage.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Abbott Wins FDA Approval for Much-Anticipated Diabetes App]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-11-01/abbott-wins-fda-approval-of-much-anticipated-insulin-monitor-app</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-11-01/abbott-wins-fda-approval-of-much-anticipated-insulin-monitor-app</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Blake Dodge]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2018 13:29:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obamacare Markets Stabilize as Premiums Remain High for Many]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-31/obamacare-markets-stabilize-as-premiums-remain-high-for-many</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-31/obamacare-markets-stabilize-as-premiums-remain-high-for-many</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[John Tozzi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2018 15:59:43 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i3OBOgjRD0zw/v244/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i3OBOgjRD0zw/v244/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Health-Care Companies Pour $46.7 Million Into Midterm Vote]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-29/health-care-companies-pour-46-7-million-into-midterm-elections</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-29/health-care-companies-pour-46-7-million-into-midterm-elections</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Blake Dodge]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2018 17:33:29 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iC4nVRtjv.as/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iC4nVRtjv.as/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>&quot;I Voted&quot; stickers sit on a table at a polling station. Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Align Won't Renew Pact With Startup SmileDirectClub]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-26/align-says-it-won-t-renew-pact-with-startup-smiledirectclub</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-26/align-says-it-won-t-renew-pact-with-startup-smiledirectclub</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Blake Dodge]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2018 12:14:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pfizer, Bain Form Startup Focusing on Central Nervous Disorders]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-23/pfizer-bain-form-startup-focusing-on-central-nervous-disorders</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-23/pfizer-bain-form-startup-focusing-on-central-nervous-disorders</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Blake Dodge]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2018 16:15:54 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iX0Y8o_Axo.4/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iX0Y8o_Axo.4/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A researcher performs tests inside the Tessa Therapeutics Pte. and Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB) co-lab in Singapore, on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[New York State Considers Blocking Parts of CVS-Aetna Merger]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-18/new-york-state-considers-blocking-segments-of-cvs-aetna-merger</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-18/new-york-state-considers-blocking-segments-of-cvs-aetna-merger</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Blake Dodge]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2018 22:11:35 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iDLa_coFPGno/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iDLa_coFPGno/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A pedestrian walks past a CVS Health Corp. store in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Thursday, April 23, 2015. CVS Health Corp. is expected to release earnings figures on May 1.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Health Care Is the Most Important Issue for Midterm Voters, Poll Says]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-18/health-care-most-important-issue-for-midterm-voters-poll-shows</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-18/health-care-most-important-issue-for-midterm-voters-poll-shows</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Blake Dodge]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2018 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/imcQqbtWV6u4/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/imcQqbtWV6u4/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[Obama Officials, Athenahealth Execs Launch Medicare Plan]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-16/obama-health-officials-athenahealth-execs-launch-medicare-plan</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-16/obama-health-officials-athenahealth-execs-launch-medicare-plan</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Blake Dodge]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2018 17:22:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dialysis Clinics Fight California Ballot Measure to Cap Revenue]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-12/dialysis-clinics-fight-california-ballot-measure-to-cap-revenue</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-12/dialysis-clinics-fight-california-ballot-measure-to-cap-revenue</guid><category><![CDATA[personal-finance]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Blake Dodge]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2018 14:30:12 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i_9niuRjRgxU/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i_9niuRjRgxU/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Voters cast ballots at a polling station.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Walgreens Wants to Be Your Drugstore—and Makeup Supplier, Too]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-04/walgreens-wants-to-be-your-drugstore-and-makeup-supplier-too</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-04/walgreens-wants-to-be-your-drugstore-and-makeup-supplier-too</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Blake Dodge]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2018 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i1dRpdio4bOY/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i1dRpdio4bOY/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Rendering of Birchbox at Walgreens Source: Walgreens</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eli Lilly Migraine Drug Approved and Will Be Free to Patients]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-28/eli-lilly-migraine-drug-approved-and-will-be-free-to-patients</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-28/eli-lilly-migraine-drug-approved-and-will-be-free-to-patients</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jared S Hopkins]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2018 00:18:54 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iQ3n8YrjK_5s/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iQ3n8YrjK_5s/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>An Eli Lilly &amp; Co. logo on the cap of a pill bottle. Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Return of U.S. Flu Season Brings Worries About a Virulent Replay]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-27/return-of-u-s-flu-season-brings-worries-about-a-virulent-replay</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-27/return-of-u-s-flu-season-brings-worries-about-a-virulent-replay</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Blake Dodge]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2018 15:51:15 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iEC6v6GCoCY0/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iEC6v6GCoCY0/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>\&quot;Chicken noodle soup, a box of tissues, and several used tissues sit on a table.\&quot; Photographer: ideabug/E+</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Roivant Creates Biotech Subsidiary to Tackle Respiratory Disease]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-17/roivant-creates-biotech-subsidiary-to-tackle-respiratory-disease</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-17/roivant-creates-biotech-subsidiary-to-tackle-respiratory-disease</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><category><![CDATA[science-energy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Blake Dodge]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2018 19:43:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cigna Starts $250 Million Venture Fund to Make Health-Care Bets]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-12/cigna-starts-250-million-venture-fund-to-make-health-care-bets</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-12/cigna-starts-250-million-venture-fund-to-make-health-care-bets</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Blake Dodge]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2018 11:30:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ijMEDdFKgDYM/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ijMEDdFKgDYM/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Signage is displayed in front of Cigna Corp. headquarters in Bloomfield, Connecticut, U.S., on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2016. Anthem Inc.&apos;s proposed $48 billion merger with Cigna Corp. could give the insurer the power to raise prices for employers both in the 14 states where it does business, as well as across the country, according to a witness in the U.S. government&apos;s lawsuit to block the deal.</media:description></media:content></item></channel></rss>