If they can't strike a deal on prices by Sept. 1, 38 hospitals, affiliated physician groups and surgery centers in Texas, Colorado, South Carolina, and New Hampshire would become out-of-network for UnitedHealthcare members.
The survey found 45% of working-age consumers last year were erroneously billed, however, fewer than half of those patients challenged their health insurance company or a medical provider.
The proposed class action filed in Minnesota federal court by four ex-employees of Wells Fargo claims the bank violated a federal law requiring companies to prudently manage employee health and retirement plans.
Medicare enrollees living in communities of color and with high rates of poverty had less access to top-rated Medicare Advantage plans last year than those living in wealthier places that are majority white.