A Trump administration plan to make hospitals disclose their negotiated prices is spurring a battle between industry and patient advocates that could determine how far the White House will go with its initiative.
Anthem will buy Medicaid operations owned by WellCare Health Plans in Missouri and Nebraska as part of a divestiture needed by Centene to win approval of its WellCare acquisition. Centene and WellCare executives Thursday said the divestiture of the WellCare Medicaid plans is the latest effort by the health insurance companies to win over regulators to their merger.
Shares of UnitedHealth Group Inc. sank 3.2% toward a 6-month low in morning trading Thursday, enough to pace the Dow Jones Industrial Average's losers, amid broad weakness in the health care sector.
People at companies with large numbers of lower-wage employees faced bigger deductibles for single coverage and were asked to pony up a larger share of their incomes to pay premiums than those at firms with fewer people with low earnings, according to the annual employer health benefits survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Walmart's Sam's Club members will be able to also shop for health care services starting next month. Sam's Club is teaming up with several health care companies to offer discounts on everyday care its customers might delay or skip because of the cost. The services will be available to members in Michigan, Pennsylvania and North Carolina in October.
After an investigation by MLK50 and ProPublica, Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare is erasing debt for unpaid hospital bills owed by more than 6,500 patients. Our reporting found the hospital had profited by aggressively pursuing patients who couldn’t pay.