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Here are five updates on Medicaid payers and policy changes involving the program for low-income Americans published by Becker's Hospital Review in the past month:

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

CVS Health saw its shares fall after a New York Post report said people close to the companies think a federal judge will rule against its $69 billion takeover of Aetna, according to Barron's.

South Carolina submitted a formal request to require its Medicaid beneficiaries to meet work requirements to maintain health coverage, according to The Hill.

Blue Cross Blue Shield Plans saw their administrative costs grow faster in 2018 than the year prior, according to a report from healthcare solutions provider Sherlock Co.

Health Alliance Plan, a subsidiary of Henry Ford Health System in Detroit, signed a definitive agreement to acquire a Detroit-based Medicaid plan.

UnitedHealth Group and private equity firm Carlyle Group are front-runners in a bid for pharmacy benefits and behavioral health provider Magellan Health, an SVB Leerink analyst told Business Insider.

Healthcare-sharing ministries, which are religious organizations whose members help pay each other's medical bills, now cover more than a million people — up from about 200,000 before the ACA, according to The Wall Street Journal.  

Anthem entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the nation's largest independently held behavioral health organization, Beacon Health Options, the companies said June 6.

A federal judge wrapped up two days of hearings on CVS Health's $69 billion takeover of Aetna and scheduled more oral arguments on the deal in July, according to the CT Mirror.