One in 4 Americans approaching Medicare eligibility said they have little or no confidence about their ability to afford health insurance during the next year, according to the University of Michigan National Poll on Healthy Aging.
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The Pennsylvania Insurance Department fined Aetna $190,000 Jan. 8 over concerns about its coverage for autism spectrum and substance use disorders.
CVS Health is "already rolling out" new health programs and services after closing its roughly $70 billion acquisition of Aetna Nov. 28, CEO Larry Merlo said, according to Forbes contributor Bruce Japsen.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has unveiled a $100 million plan that he said would guarantee primary and specialty care to 600,000 uninsured residents, including undocumented immigrants.
Without a tax penalty for not purchasing health insurance, 1 in 5 California residents who purchased individual coverage would not have done so in 2017, according to a study published in Health Affairs.
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Englewood, Colo.-based Catholic Health Initiatives agreed to sell its health plan to Centene Corp., according to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
UnitedHealth Group saw shares fall 11.5 percent in December, the same month a federal judge struck down the ACA, according to The Motley Fool.
Medicare overpaid health insurers $9.1 billion for providing prescription drug plans after they overestimated how much it would cost to administer the benefits, according to a Wall Street Journal investigation.
A recent survey highlights Medicare Advantage beneficiaries' perceptions of their coverage and whether they are familiar with CMS' star rating system.
Medicaid health plans have traditionally covered such medical services as physician office visits, but now plans are starting to offer coverage for such previously uncovered services as education and housing, according to a Kaiser Health News report.