Minnetonka, Minn.-based UnitedHealth Group will shutter its subsidiary Harken Health due to losses accrued by the health plan's individual policies, Star Tribune reports.
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New York state is one step closer to having a single-payer health plan after the state assembly passed the New York Health Act on Tuesday, according to a Times Union report.
The Justice Department sued Minnetonka, Minn.-based UnitedHealth Group Tuesday, alleging the payer defrauded Medicare at least $1 billion in false claims.
Long Beach, Calif.-based Molina Healthcare's recently fired CEO J. Mario Molina, MD, will stay on the board of directors, according to a Press-Telegram report. Company shareholders voted to keep Dr. Molina on the board, in addition to re-electing two other…
Dayton, Ohio-based Premier Health is out of network with Minnetonka, Minn.-based UnitedHealthcare following the parties' inability to reach a contract resolution before their May 14 deadline, Dayton Daily News reports.
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Mark Bertolini, CEO of Aetna, said discussion about a single-payer healthcare system and how it would operate in the U.S. should be on the table, Reuters reports.
The version of the GOP's ACA replacement plan approved by the House of Representatives could jeopardize funding for children's health coverage, reports USA Today.
Indianapolis-based Anthem terminated its merger agreement with Bloomfield, Conn.-based Cigna, ending the insurers' attempt to create one of the largest payers in America.
A Delaware judge denied Indianapolis-based Anthem's request for a preliminary injunction Thursday to stop Bloomfield, Conn.-based Cigna from leaving the insurers' $54 billion merger deal, according to Bloomberg.
The following payers made headlines this week, beginning with the most recent.