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IBM tasks supercomputer Watson with fighting cancer
IBM is putting its Watson supercomputer to work fighting cancer, in what is described as the first commercial program of its kind to use “big data” to help patients with the disease. The US computing giant last week unveiled its initiative with health insurer WellPoint and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center…
Health insurer WellPoint buys Amerigroup for $4.9 billion
US health insurer WellPoint is buying Amerigroup, a manager of publicly funded health programs, for about $4.9 billion, the companies said Monday. The acquisition will position the companies for future growth as they prepare for the launch of insurance exchanges, they said. The deal comes on the heels of the…
HCAN protests insurance giant WellPoint for supporting right-wing causes
The progressive group Health Care for America Now (HCAN) held a protest Wednesday morning to confront shareholders of the health insurance giant WellPoint about the company’s secret funding of extreme conservative politicians and groups. The meeting, which took place at Wellpoint’s corporate offices in Indianapolis, Indiana, featured shareholders voicing their…
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