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Welcome to Insider Healthcare. I'm healthcare editor Leah Rosenbaum, and today in healthcare news:
- Startups have raised hundreds of millions in venture capital to serve Medicaid patients;
- Investors are pouring billions into teletherapy;
- A new documentary sheds light on the harassment Dr. Fauci and his family have gotten during the pandemic.
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Protestors carry signs as they demonstrate against proposed cuts to Medical and Medicare outside San Francisco city hall on September 21, 2011 in San Francisco, California.
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Startups focused on Medicaid raised hundreds of millions in the past few years. Here's who's leading the pack.
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- Startups focused on Medicaid raised more than $600 million in venture capital the past five years.
- Among the highest fundraisers is Cityblock, which announced it raised $400 million in September.
- But reimbursement rates still draw startups toward senior populations instead of low-income ones.
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Investors are betting billions that virtual mental-health care is here to stay
- Telehealth investment grew for the fourth quarter in a row, CB Insights found.
- The fastest-growing subsector was teletherapy, coaching, and care management.
- The market is stabilizing and maturing, and telehealth use remains above its pre-pandemic norm.
Dr. Anthony Fauci and Christine Grady at their kitchen table in December 2020.
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Fauci rails against 'dark web people' harassing his wife and daughters with violent threats
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- A new documentary from National Geographic traces Dr. Anthony Fauci's life and career.
- In the film, Fauci rails about the harassing phone calls his wife and daughters have received during the pandemic.
- He also shared one moment last summer when he opened a letter and thought "I'm freaking dead."
More stories we're reading:
- Top COVID-19 doctors and scientists privately asked the Biden administration to scrap its booster-shot plan, report says (Insider)
- Young, pregnant women are dying at alarming rates from COVID-19 due to not getting vaccinated (Washington Post)
- One of Colorado's largest health systems is denying organ transplants to most unvaccinated people (Insider)
- California has been underreporting the state's deaths from extreme heat (LA Times)
-Leah
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