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Health Care Service Corp. and the Blue Cross Blue Shield Institute launched a food delivery service in areas known as "food deserts" that lack access to affordable and fresh foods.

WellCare Health Plans, a managed care payer, reported higher revenue but a dip in net income during the fourth quarter of 2018, according to recent financial documents.

Health insurer Centene saw revenue increase in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2018 and ended the year with improved net income, according to recent financial documents.

Growth in private health plan spending is increasing more than growth in Medicare and Medicaid spending on a per-capita basis, according to a report from the Urban Institute, a left-leaning think tank.

Humana's CFO said the Trump administration's proposal to end rebates to pharmacy benefit managers will increase health insurance premiums, according to CNBC.

A voter-approved proposition to expand Medicaid in Utah may be scaled back after state lawmakers approved a Republican bill that would unwind parts of the expansion, according to The Hill.

UnitedHealthcare, the health insurance arm of UnitedHealth Group, changed its policy for opioids used to manage pain for oral procedures.

In Cigna's top 40 markets, the health insurer now pays 50.5 percent of its providers through alternative payment models.

While more Americans have health insurance than did in 2010, underinsurance rates remain high, according to the Commonwealth Fund's Biennial Health Insurance Survey.

UnitedHealthcare, the health insurance unit of UnitedHealth Group, expanded an existing agreement with Medtronic that denotes the devicemaker's insulin pumps a preferred product for children with Type 1 diabetes, according to the Star Tribune.