The letters EDD explain why California's attempts at a single-payer healthcare system keep stalling out, according to California Focus, a syndicated public affairs newspaper column.
Author: Jakob Emerson
An Oscar Health stockholder filed a proposed class action May 12 in the Southern District Court of New York, alleging the insurtech company misled investors about financial issues caused by COVID-19 ahead of its initial public offering in March 2021.
Humana and New York City-based investment firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe have established a second joint venture to build more value-based primary care clinics for Medicare patients.
It's been a busy May for Blue Cross Blue Shield companies hiring and promoting new executives, and the public health director from a major city is joining Humana Medicaid. These are nine recent payer executive moves.
Some states have counties where more than half of the nonelderly population does not have any health insurance, while other states boast having no county where the uninsured rate is more than 6 percent, according to financial news site 24/7…
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Northwell Health is collaborating with Dominican Republic-based payer Seguros Reservas to expand patient care to residents of the Caribbean country.
Congressional Budget Office Director Phillip Swagel testified before the Senate Budget Committee May 12 to discuss how implementing a single-payer healthcare system based on the Medicare fee-for-service program would affect the nation's healthcare, budget and economy.
The ongoing contract dispute between the University of Mississippi Medical Center and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Mississippi has left one patient fearful his liver transplant surgery won't be covered by his health insurance at the state's only organ transplant…
Delaware Gov. John Carney signed a statewide paid family and medical leave insurance program into law May 10.
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Health Plan will distribute in-home medication disposal bags to more than 11,000 members of its UPMC for Life Medicare Advantage plan throughout the month of May.