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In a note to clients on Wednesday, Bernstein identified three critical priorities for UnitedHealth’s new CEO, Steve Hemsley, following the company’s annual shareholder meeting, with pricing discipline ...

Humana has endorsed similar policies as Congress seeks spending reductions to offset the cost of President Donald Trump's tax cuts.

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimated that the Republican budget bill under consideration would trigger about $500 billion in automatic cuts to Medicare, the program that ...

Below is a roundup of payer-centric news headlines you may have missed during the month of May 2025. | In May, SCAN Group ...

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is escalating his war on institutions he says are influenced by pharmaceutical companies.

Health insurers are on alert after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced May 22 that it is immediately ...

UnitedHealth has triggered one of its strongest technical bullish signals in over 15 years, with the stock plunging into ...

The One Big Beautiful Bill, passed by the House and in debate in the Senate, contains several provisions that would impact Medicare, including cuts to some programs. The cost of the pending ...

While retirees are covered by Medicare once they reach the age of ... brokerage firms than is allowed under rules that cap broker commissions. The incentives were substantial, with insurers ...

The plan to investigate the private health-insurance companies that run Medicare Advantage has been drastically expanded.