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A merger between CVS and Aetna would create a one-stop model for coordinated care – but would consumers really benefit? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Experts weigh the implications of the upcoming tax bill reconciliation process for individuals and corporations as well as the impact on the federal deficit beyond 2025. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Proposed tax legislation speeding through Congress will enlarge the deficit and offer meager gains to low- and middle-income groups. It may also open up huge business tax loopholes says Wharton’s Kent Smetters See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A deduction for high medical expenses that is largely used by senior citizens hangs in the balance as Congress tries to craft a final version of its tax reform bill. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Wharton’s Brian Berkey says it’s not enough to merely agitate for social change -- it’s a moral imperative to give generously to the less advantaged. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

As the reconciliation between the House and Senate tax plans approaches the plug-in electric vehicle (EV) credit is on the line. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

As Congress works on its final tax overhaul bill tax breaks on tuition waivers for graduate students are one of many provisions that hang in the balance. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Federal Communications Commission will vote in the coming weeks on a proposal to repeal net neutrality rules. Wharton experts explain what’s at stake. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Natural disaster costs are mushrooming while government coffers shrink. The challenge: Can corporations and public agencies better coordinate rescue and recovery efforts to improve outcomes? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Investors and customers once tolerated Uber’s skirmishes with regulators as the price one pays for innovation. But that may no longer be so. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Bruce Bartlett former advisor to Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush discusses his new book about the challenge of fake news and offers some strategies for weeding it out. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The U.N.’s 2030 sustainable development program aims to engage local stakeholders in development as it seeks to end poverty while protecting the planet. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Wharton’s Jeremy Siegel interviews St. Louis Fed president James Bullard about the future of interest rates inflation the economy monetary policy and the possible over-valuation of stock prices. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It’s important to evaluate whether a potential workplace really wants you to be your complete authentic self says Wharton’s Stephanie Creary. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Wharton research looks at whether expanded access to medical insurance under the Affordable Care Act has led to improved health outcomes for patients. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

As the U.K. prepares to negotiate terms for leaving the E.U. it is facing a shaky political base a weakening economy and a lack of bargaining power. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Wharton’s Ken Shropshire and Collin D. Williams Jr. discuss ways to fix a prevailing problem in college sports -- the amount of time it eats away from academics. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Robo-advisors new ways of thinking among millennials and women’s shifting needs are new trends reshaping wealth management. The author of ’Wealth Management Unwrapped’ offers insights. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Nataliya Mykhaylova winner of a student competition to find new ways to thwart cyber criminals has devised a novel method for detecting attacks that already has the interest of banks. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Microfinance pioneer Muhammad Yunus explains how making everyone an entrepreneur could eliminate poverty unemployment and environmental devastation. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.