174 - Why Executives Are Winning With AI While Workers See Nothing

Vic hosts a solo episode covering volatility in the stock market tied to geopolitical tensions, a detailed breakdown of 2025 inflation data and how price increases vary by consumer category, congressional movement on healthcare funding and PBM reform, proposed multi-year extensions for telehealth and hospital-at-home programs, ARPA-H’s call for AI-driven cardiovascular care solutions, UnitedHealthcare’s plan to rebate ACA profits to members, the New York Stock Exchange’s move toward tokenized 24/7 trading, Amazon’s launch of an AI health assistant for One Medical members, and new survey data revealing a widening gap between how executives and workers experience productivity gains from AI.

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00:58 - Stocks Rally After Trump Announces Framework for Greenland Deal WSJ

1:51 - The 2025 Inflation Numbers Are Finally In. Here’s the Good and Bad News. WSJ

3:48 - The Trump administration is creating clinical AI agents with a 3-year FDA approval timeline Fierce Healthcare

4:40 - Telehealth, hospital-at-home set to receive multiyear extensions in recent funding proposal Feirce Healthcare

6:44 - UnitedHealth CEO Hemsley says insurer will rebate ACA profits to consumers Fierce Healthcare

8:15 - NYSE to Launch 24/7 Trading Platform for Blockchain-Based Securities WSJ

10:11 - Amazon launches health AI chatbot for One Medical members Healthcare Dive

11:50 - CEOs Say AI Is Making Work More Efficient. Employees Tell a Different Story. WSJ