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UnitedHealth Group will release its third quarter earnings report Oct. 14, which analysts expect to bring upsides for the company after a quarter of moves throughout the company's subsidiaries. 

David Steward, World Wide Technology founder and Centene board member, is resigning from the insurer's board of directors, effective Oct. 6. 

New Orleans-based health system Ochsner Health is launching the new Ochsner Health Plan, the system said Oct. 11.

Valley Forge, Pa.-based investment management firm Vanguard issued an apology Oct. 8 to employees and retirees over cutting promised health benefits.

Each dollar that the minimum wage increases reflects an additional percentage point that low-wage workers will not have health insurance, according to researchers. 

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina is contributing $3.2 million to a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and UNC Health Alliance study on food insecurity and people with hypertension. 

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Island, the state's largest insurer, will not be covering Biogen's Alzheimer's drug, Aduhelm. 

Four congressional committee chairs penned a letter to HHS, the Labor Department and the Treasury Department to urge leaders to protect FDA-approved contraceptives under the ACA, which they say are being sidestepped by insurers and pharmacy benefit managers.

Amid a year of record-high profits for insurers, payer CEOs also saw shifts in their compensation, according to an Oct. 8 AISHealth report.

CMS on Oct. 8 announced its 2022 star ratings for Medicare Advantage and Part D plans.