At least 17 current or former members of Congress had personal information exposed in the hack of the District of Columbia health insurance data system, according to a top Democrat investigating the matter. And that number is expected to rise, he said.
The U.S. Justice Department has dismissed its own appeal challenging UnitedHealth Group's (UNH.N) nearly $8 billion acquisition last year of Change Healthcare, a court filing showed.
As of April 1, states can once again begin removing people from their Medicaid rolls. Estimates suggest that nationwide, between 15 million and 18 million people are at risk of losing their Medicaid coverage.
Bright Health paid its CEO and other top executives $3.77 million in cash bonuses last year, even as the Bloomington-based health insurer surrendered most of its core health insurance business in a sea of red ink.
For the last several years, Louisville-based health insurance giant Humana Inc. has pursued a strategy of not only insuring people, but providing their health care — opening hundreds of primary care clinics and buying the biggest provider of in-home care in the country.
The Affordable Care Act, passed in 2010 under former President Barack Obama, has expanded health insurance coverage across the U.S. and significantly reduced racial and ethnic disparities in access to healthcare, according to a new report by the Commonwealth Fund.