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Major health insurers like UnitedHealthcare and Cigna are waiving cost-sharing for COVID-19 treatment and testing. However, those who get health insurance through their job could be on the hook for unexpected medical bills if their employer opts out of the…

Employers are enhancing, rather than slimming, their employee health benefits despite new financial challenges brought by COVID-19, according to a survey from global advisory company Willis Towers Watson. 

CMS issued its final Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for the 2021 benefit year for the ACA marketplace.

A growing number of commercial insurers are providing their members with discounts as their medical claim costs fall due to restricted elective services amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Cigna and Phoenix-based Banner Health reached a long-term agreement so Cigna members can access Banner hospitals at in-network rates.

Cigna will pay out-of-network providers market-based rates for treatment provided to its members with COVID-19, the health insurer said May 6.

UnitedHealth Group is providing members more than $1.5 billion in discounts, including premium rebates, the healthcare company said May 7.

Health Care Service Corp., the Chicago-based parent of Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans in five states, has added CEO to Maurice Smith's title.

Humana is waiving all cost-sharing for in-network primary care, behavioral health and telehealth visits for its Medicare Advantage members through the end of 2020. 

Between 25 million and 43 million Americans could no longer be insured through their employer if the unemployment rate rises to an expected 20 percent in the coming months, according to a report from left-leaning think tank the Urban Institute.