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Author: Andrew Cass

From its CEO testifying before Congress to the closing of a co-branded Medicare Advantage plan with Walmart, here are 10 updates on UnitedHealth Group Becker's has reported since April 24: 

A group of federal lawmakers, including Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, sent a letter to Securities & Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler asking him to open an investigation into potential insider trading by UnitedHealth Group executives. 

A Medicaid expansion effort in Mississippi died after state lawmakers were unable to agree on compromise legislation, the Mississippi Clarion Ledger reported May 2. 

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In written testimony provided ahead of two scheduled May 1 congressional hearings, UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty said it was his decision to pay ransom in an attempt to protect patient data stolen during the February cyberattack against one of…

Aetna and San Francisco-based Dignity Health have reached an agreement on a multiyear contract that allows the payer's members to remain in network with Dignity's facilities and providers in California, Arizona and Nevada.   

UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty is set to testify May 1 before a U.S. House subcommittee about the Feb. 21 cyberattack on the company's Change Healthcare subsidiary. 

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