UnitedHealthcare is acquiring PreferredOne, a health insurer based in Golden Valley, in a deal that will give the nation's largest insurer a significantly larger competitive presence in its home state.
Former health insurance executive Wendell Potter heavily criticized the disparities in care following a new report that ranks the U.S. last in healthcare among the richest countries despite spending the most. He said all of the other countries outranking the U.S. have one thing in common: universal healthcare.
Workers who have yet to be vaccinated against COVID-19 could soon be paying as much as $50 more per paycheck for health insurance as companies across the U.S. try to protect their employees — and themselves — from outbreaks of the disease.
Manny Lopes, CEO of East Boston Neighborhood Health Center, has announced he will leave nearly a three-decade tenure to join Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts as executive vice president of public markets and government relations.
CMS this week withdrew approval of a work requirement Ohio wanted to implement to determine Medicaid eligibility. It's a step back for the Ohio Department of Medicaid and the state's conservative politicians, who say such requirements are necessary for the governmental health insurance covering around 3 million low-income and disabled Ohioans.
Raleigh, N.C. — CVS Health plans to enter the individual insurance exchange marketplace in most North Carolina counties in 2022, company officials said.