Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., introduced legislation March 2 that would reverse the Medicaid and ACA changes enacted under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and expand Medicare to cover dental, vision and hearing services for…
Author: Jakob Emerson
Elevance Health has named Rachel Chinetti as president of Wellpoint Tennessee, which provides managed care benefits to about 1.4 million Medicaid beneficiaries. Ms. Chinetti will oversee strategy and day-to-day business operations, with priorities including rural health, maternal health, and long-term…
UnitedHealth Group has named Dennis Stankiewicz as chief accounting officer, effective March 2. Tom Roos, who has served as CAO since 2015, has been named CFO at Optum Insight, the company said in regulatory filings. Mr. Stankiewicz will continue to…
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts reported a net loss of $222.8 million and a -2.2% profit margin in 2025, citing unprecedented medical and pharmacy spending. The company’s annual revenue was $10.3 billion. It posted an operating loss of…
ACA premiums for older adults have surged nationwide following the expiration of enhanced premium tax credits at the end of 2025, with increases varying dramatically by state, according to a Feb. 26 KFF analysis. The report examined how the loss…
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Medicare Advantage growth is slowing down as payers prioritize margins over membership, and some states are recording a decline in enrollment for the first time, according to a Feb. 26 report from HealthScape Advisors and Chartis. The report used CMS…
Indiana lawmakers have passed legislation banning health insurers from penalizing hospitals for using out-of-network providers, a direct rebuke of Elevance Health in its home state. The bill received final legislative approval on Feb. 26 and now heads to Gov. Mike…
Longtime UnitedHealth Group executive Heather Cianfrocco is leaving the company. Ms. Cianfrocco has served as executive vice president of governance, compliance and information security at UnitedHealth since April 2025. She briefly served as CEO of Optum from 2024 to 2025…
CMS has suspended new Medicare Advantage enrollment into Aspirus Health Plan, part of Wausau, Wis.-based Aspirus Health, after the insurer’s claims processor was taken over by Minnesota regulators. The intermediate sanction, issued Feb. 24, bars new Medicare beneficiaries from enrolling…
State Medicaid budgets will shrink by $664 billion through 2034 as key provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1) take effect, with impacts varying by state depending on expansion status, reliance on provider taxes and the use…