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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan has reached a tentative agreement with over 1,000 employees on strike. 

AgeWell, a specialty managed care insurer, is laying off 68 employees at its headquarters in Lake Success, N.Y., according to regulatory documents published by the state Oct. 31.

Optum will move out of an Eden Prairie, Minn.-based campus with 473,000 square feet of office space by the end of 2023, the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal reported Nov. 2. 

UnitedHealth Group and Optum violated state and federal employee notification laws during mass layoffs that occurred earlier this year, two former employees allege in a lawsuit filed Oct. 30 in a California federal court. 

UnitedHealthcare's employee count ranges from 32,000 in Texas to under 100 in Alaska, according to the company's website.

CVS Health is planning to lay off an additional 70 employees at Aetna, in addition to a previously announced round of layoffs. 

Former employees with the Cigna Group and its subsidiaries have taken to social media in October regarding layoffs they say are occurring across the company.

Former employees with Elevance Health, previously known as Anthem, and its subsidiaries have taken to social media regarding an unknown number of job cuts they say are occurring across the company. Elevance confirmed "recent changes" with Becker's.

CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield cut 140,000 square feet of office space in Washington, D.C., Bisnow reported Sept. 27. 

Centene is laying off about 2,000 employees starting Oct. 2, or about 3 percent of its workforce, as the company faces financial difficulties over Medicaid redeterminations and Medicare Advantage star ratings, the St. Louis Business Journal reported Sept. 26.