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Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed three bills into law May 26 that build on the federal No Surprises Act and commence a study on rate-setting approaches in the state.

Twelve percent of LGBTQ Americans say they've faced discrimination from their health insurance provider, according to a May 16 study from Healthcare.com. 

Over the last year, state legislatures across the country have introduced and passed laws aimed at regulating and creating more transparency around pharmacy benefit managers, according to JDSupra.

CMS has given the green light to 11 states to expand their Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program coverage from 60 days to 12 months postpartum.

Three payers are among both the top 100 most visible companies in the nation and have the best reputations, according to an Axios survey released May 24.

From America's Health Insurance Plans responding to an HHS report, to large first quarter enrollment growth, here are nine recent headlines about Medicare Advantage:  

UnitedHealth Group and Anthem are among 10 companies that get the most "return on leadership," according to Fortune. 

Though healthcare utilization is expected to begin normalizing after pandemic volatility, customer expectations have evolved, and health plans have a lot of work to do to increase their satisfaction, according to J.D. Power's 2022 Commercial Member Health Plan study.

Anthem's chief information officer, Anil Bhatt, is working with Google Cloud to create a synthetic data platform that will help the company detect fraudulent claims and provide more personalized care to members, according to The Wall Street Journal.

U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar told Supreme Court justices that a case asking whether payers and pharmacy benefit managers face Employee Retirement Income Security Act liability when negotiating drug prices doesn't merit review, Bloomberg reported May 25.