When You Can't Go See the Doctor
Prognosis: Misconception
Bloomberg
4.1 • 838 Ratings
🗓️ 31 March 2020
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Around the country and the world, more and more people are locked down in their homes, but people still need to see the doctor. That has made telehealth companies -- businesses that let doctors treat patients remotely -- the new stars of the Covid-19 economy. And companies that until now have mainly offered prescriptions for birth control or hair loss pills are pivoting to provide services related to the pandemic. Plus: Today's headlines.
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| 0:00.0 | Are you looking for a new podcast about stuff related to money? |
| 0:05.3 | Well, today's your lucky day. |
| 0:07.1 | I'm Matt Levine. |
| 0:08.2 | And I'm Katie Greifeld. |
| 0:09.5 | And we are the hosts of Money Stuff, The Podcast. |
| 0:13.0 | Every Friday, we dive into the top stories about Wall Street, finance, and other stuff. |
| 0:17.9 | We have fun. We get weird, and we want you to join us. You can listen to |
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| 0:27.2 | Welcome to Prognosis. I'm Laura Carlson. It's day 21 since coronavirus was declared a global pandemic. |
| 0:46.2 | Today, in a lockdown world, doctors need to help patients without seeing them in person. It's opening up a whole new chapter for companies who specialize |
| 0:55.5 | in remote medicine. But first, today's news. |
| 0:59.5 | The White House and Congressional Democrats are preparing for a fourth round of economic stimulus |
| 1:16.9 | to get the U.S. through its coronavirus outbreak. |
| 1:20.5 | This comes after Congress passed a $2 trillion bill last Friday. |
| 1:25.8 | White House officials have compiled requests from government agencies |
| 1:29.4 | totaling roughly $600 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. The proposals include |
| 1:35.5 | more state aid as well as financial assistance for mortgage markets and travel industries. |
| 1:41.6 | Trump said in a tweet on Tuesday that timing is good for a massive infrastructure |
| 1:46.2 | bill, because interest rates are close to zero. Nancy Pelosi had said last week infrastructure |
| 1:51.8 | should be part of the next stimulus bill. The economy is going to be hit even harder by this |
| 1:58.2 | outbreak than expected, says Goldman Sachs. The firm came out with a report |
| 2:02.1 | today saying GDP will shrink by over a third in the second quarter. They had previously estimated |
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