CUBAN: Health Care Paradox

Posted on May 13, 2025 by Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA MEd CMP™

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Classic Definition: In our hemisphere, there is the mystery of the Cuban health care paradox.

Modern Circumstance: This small island country whose economy produces about $6,000 in goods and services per person annually, a mere fraction of U.S. economic activity, lacks access to many commonly used drugs. Specialty medical care is scarce, and obesity rates are high and growing.

Paradox Example: Yet Cuba paradoxically boasts a life expectancy that surpasses the U.S. by six months. So, could this finding be explained by their diet, too, one that is rich in fresh produce, but low in saturated fats?

Question: Or, might it be related to their accessibility to primary care services and high compliance rates of childhood vaccination?

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UNITEDHEALTH GROUP CEO: Quits and Suspends Annual Forecast

Posted on May 13, 2025 by Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA MEd CMP™

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UnitedHealth Group just announced the exit of CEO Andrew Witty and suspended its 2025 forecast due to surging medical costs, sending its shares down more than 10%. Chairman Stephen Hemsley will become CEO, effective immediately.

Medicare Advantage: https://medicalexecutivepost.com/2024/10/11/medicare-advantage-part-c-plans-face-headwinds/

The fourth-largest U.S company big revenue in 2024, Minnetonka-based UnitedHealth has experienced a turbulent year that saw the shock killing of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City, and a cyberattack that affecting an estimated 190 million people and cost the company an estimated $3.1 billion dollars.

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OMADA: Digital Health Company Files for IPO

Posted on May 13, 2025 by Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA MEd CMP™

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Virtual chronic care provider Omada Health has filed to go public in the United States, the latest in a string of healthcare listings expected this year. Omada did not disclose the details as to how much it plans to raise from its IPO.

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The San Francisco, California-based company, which last raised $192 million in a Series E funding round in 2022, reported a 38% increase in revenue to $169.8 million for 2024, according to its IPO paperwork. For the first quarter of 2025, the company posted a 56.6% year-on-year jump in revenue to $55 million. Omada has applied to list its common stock on the NASDAQ under the symbol “OMDA”.

Healthcare IPOs on U.S. exchanges have fetched $7.1 billion in 2024, compared with $2.8 billion a year earlier, according to data compiled by LSEG.

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DAILY UPDATE: Medicare Advantage [Part C] Down as Stock Markets Blast Off

Posted on May 13, 2025 by Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA MEd CMP™

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During the 2024–25 Annual Enrollment Period, Medicare Advantage drew in only 1.3 million new members, compared to 2+ million in each of the five years prior, according to a March 25 report by consulting firm HealthScape Advisors. Traditional fee-for-service Medicare grew by about 200,000 after years of losing hundreds of thousands of members, according to HealthScape. During the 2023–24 AEP, it lost about 800,000.

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🟢 What’s up

  • Semiconductor stocks that looked like some of the biggest losers of the trade war just last week soared on today’s China/US deal. Nvidia popped 5.44%, TSMC rose 5.93%, AMD climbed 5.13%, Broadcom rose 6.43%, and Qualcomm gained 4.78%.
  • Magnificent Seven stocks also shot higher, particularly Apple (6.31%) and Amazon (8.07%), two companies that were bearing the brunt of higher tariffs.
  • Tesla jumped 6.75% on the tariff deal news, given a massive production plant that was responsible for 22% of Tesla’s total revenue last year is located in China.
  • US-listed Chinese stocks popped, for obvious reasons: JD.com gained 6.47%, Alibaba rose 5.82%, and Baidu climbed 5.08%.
  • Healthcare company Kindly MD soared 251.03% today after merging with Nakamoto, a bitcoin investment company founded by Trump’s crypto advisor David Bailey.
  • NRG Energy popped 26.21% after it agreed to acquire a slew of natural gas facilities from LS Power Equity Advisors.
  • Next Technology Holding soared 38.56% after the software company added 5,000 bitcoin to its portfolio and said it wants to add even more.

What’s down

  • EchoStar tumbled 16.58% today after the Wall Street Journal reported that the Federal Communications Commission was opening an investigation into the firm’s 5G network.
  • A slew of metal mining stocks fell today as gold declined on the tariff deal: AngloGold Ashanti fell 10.31%, Wheaton Precious Metals dropped 7.92%, Newmont Corporation lost 5.93%, and Gold Fields Limited sank 10.47%.

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