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    AI doctors will be good at science but bad at business, and big talk with little action means even higher drugs prices: 10 healthcare predictions for 2026 from top investors

    By Bob Kocher, Bryan Roberts, and others
  • LATROBE, PENNSYLVANIA – NOVEMBER 05: Pennsylvania Republican Senate candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz (L) shakes hands with former U.S. President Donald Trump during a rally at the Arnold Palmer Regional Airport November 5, 2022 in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. Trump held the rally for Pennsylvania Republican candidates including Oz and Republican gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano ahead of the state’s midterm election on November 8th. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)Commentary

    Dr. Oz turbocharges Medicare Advantage and everyone monitors their glucose: 10 health care predictions for 2025 from top investors

    By Bob Kocher and Bryan Roberts
  • WASHINGTON, DC – AUGUST 29: U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris greet audience members during an event promoting lower healthcare costs in the East Room of the White House on August 29, 2023 in Washington, DC. The Biden administration announced a list of the first ten medicines that will now have lower prices following negotiations with Medicare. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)Commentary

    AI will live up to the hype and more unicorns will lose their horns: 10 health care predictions for 2024 from top investors

    By Bob Kocher and Bryan Roberts
  • The health hub at a CVS Pharmacy store in New York, US, on Friday, Nov. 11, 2022. CVS Health Corp. edged up its 2022 profit forecast as its insurance unit helped the health-care company beat analysts expectations for third-quarter profit and the company reached a $5 billion settlement for litigation over its alleged involvement in the opioid crisis.  Photographer: Nora Savosnick/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesCommentary

    A frozen capital market and an insurance premium shock: 10 health care predictions for 2023 from top investors

    By Bob Kocher and Bryan Roberts
  • SANFORD, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES &#8211; 2021/12/01: A health worker prepares to administer a dose of Pfizer covid-19 vaccine to a girl at the Sanford Civic Center.<br /> With the emergence of the Omicron covid-19 variant in numerous countries, including the United States, the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) encouraged all vaccinated adults to receive their Covid-19 booster shot. (Photo by Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)Commentary

    Better COVID news and many more IPOs: 10 health care predictions for 2022 from two top investors

    By Bob Kocher and Bryan Roberts
  • Bob Kocher & Bryan Roberts of VenrockCommentary

    What happens next: 10 non-COVID health care predictions for 2021

    By Bob Kocher and Bryan Roberts
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    Health Care Investors Predict 10 Ways the Industry Will Change in 2020

    By Bob Kocher and Bryan Roberts
  • MRSA bacteria. Coloured transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a Gram-positive, round (coccus) bacterium.Commentary

    How to Cure the Antibiotic Industry’s Profitability Infection

    By Megan Blewett, Bob Kocher, and others
  • A sick woman video chats with her doctor on her laptop.Commentary

    Why Health Care Startups Are Excited About Insurance Companies

    By Bob Kocher and Bryan Roberts
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    10 Health Care Predictions for 2019 From a Pair of Venture Gurus

    By Bob Kocher and Bryan Roberts
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    Even HHS’s Lopsided Analysis Can’t Make the Cruz Amendment Make Sense

    By Bob Kocher, Andy Slavitt, and others
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    Why Drug Costs Will Keep Rising in 2017

    By Bob Kocher and Bryan Roberts
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    10 Big Healthcare Predictions for 2016

    By Bob Kocher and Bryan Roberts
  • LONDON, ENGLAND &#8211; DECEMBER 04: A stethoscope is pictured in a General Practitioners surgery on December 4, 2014 in London, England. Ahead of next years general election, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, has said he will put an extra �2bn into frontline health services across the UK, ahead of a plan drawn up [&hellip;]Commentary

    Does your physician have to prescribe antibiotics for every sore throat?

    By Ezekiel J. Emanuel and Bob Kocher