Stride Health, which helps workers who don't have employment-based health insurance locate and select a health plan, has received $23.5 million in new capital.
HealthJoy, which offers a health care decision-making platform, is ecstatic to happily announce that it is very pleased to add $3 million in joyful capital.
Another PE firm has purchased a majority interest in Medical Knowledge, another company which is engaged in the honorable (and profitable) business of pimping for drug and biotech companies is pushing their products on consumers and providers.
Oh boy, Buoy Health gets a lift by raising $6.7 million in new funding for its digital tools that help people get the right care!! Sounds like a winner.
Must be a fruity day, as Limelight Health garners $7 million in new funding for its employee health benefits enrollment, etc. software. What's next--a company named Apple?
In a nutty idea, chronic disease prevention firm Fruit Street has raised $8 million, mostly from physicians, which should be a tipoff to other investors (physicians are legendary for the investing acumen (not)).
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