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Sixty-seven percent of Humana's individual Medicare members were connected with primary care physicians in value-based payment models in 2018 — a shift from fee-for-service that has lowered the health insurer's costs and improved outcomes, Humana said Nov. 21.

In 2018, employees in Maine faced the highest average deductibles for single-person plans in the nation, according to an analysis from left-leaning think tank The Commonwealth Fund.

Walmart's expanded telehealth pilot, announced in October, will use services owned by UnitedHealth Group, according to the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal.

Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield mistakenly listed WellStar Medical Group as a network provider for its ACA marketplace plan, according to an alert from the Office of Georgia Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner. 

Anthem Blue Cross filed a lawsuit against the federal government to recoup $100 million in payments under the ACA, according to Bloomberg Law.

Of the 5.7 billion robocalls made in October, around 288 million were proposing health insurance, according to data from call-blocking smartphone app YouMail and cited by The Washington Post.

Humana and Seoul Medical Group expanded their risk-based agreement in Hawaii, the organizations said Nov. 19.

Here are five updates on issues surrounding "Medicare for All" proposals published by Becker's Hospital Review in the past few weeks.

Some policymakers have floated the idea of allowing people younger than 65 to buy in to the federal Medicare program. But how would a Medicare buy-in program affect health insurance coverage, premiums on the individual market and federal spending? 

Colorado lawmakers unveiled their final proposal to require a public health insurance option in the state — a policy only the state of Washington has implemented, according to The Colorado Sun.