Inside Google's $100 million bet on American Well

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Hello,

Today in healthcare news: Telehealth company American Well is going public with a $100 million investment from Google, an analysis of financial earnings from insurance startups, and how recovered coronavirus patients can donate convalescent plasma.

I'm your host of today's Dispensed Daily, Megan Hernbroth, the most recent addition to Business Insider's healthcare team covering health-tech startups and venture capital.


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American Well is going public with a $100 million investment from Google. We pored over the 196-page filing to find 5 crucial details about the companies' plans to change how you get care.

Read the full story from Blake Dodge here>>


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We just got a look at how health insurance startups like Oscar, Clover, and Bright fared through the early months of the coronavirus pandemic

Read the full story from Lydia Ramsey Pflanzer here>>


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A health worker collects plasma from a recovered coronavirus patient in Bogota, Colombia, on August 20, 2020.

Hospitals and blood banks are running out of convalescent plasma for coronavirus patients — here's how to donate

Read the full story from Aria Bendix here>>


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- Megan

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