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Insurance Bob Herman

Omicron’s speedy retreat helped bolster UnitedHealth Group’s bottom line

Insurance Bob Herman

‘Completely unsustainable’: Small employers brace for giant health insurance price hikes

Insurance Bob Herman

Biden administration funnels one of the largest-ever pay increases to Medicare Advantage insurers

Insurance Bob Herman and Tara Bannow

UnitedHealth’s deal with LHC highlights broader interest in home health industry

First Opinion Amol Navathe, Risa Lavizzo-Mourey and Joshua Liao

How to fix the two-tier U.S. health payment system

Health Usha Lee McFarling

She was told ‘girls don’t do that.’ Now Margaret-Mary Wilson is a top executive at UnitedHealth Group

Business Bob Herman

The biggest PBMs are handling more and more of the country’s drug price negotiations

First Opinion Dallas Ducar

Giving gender-affirming care: ‘gender dysphoria’ diagnosis should not be required

Business Bob Herman

Even as it struggles, startup insurer Bright Health deepens its ties to Cigna

Health Tech Mohana Ravindranath and Mario Aguilar

Virtual reality in the health care space heats up

Health Tech Mohana Ravindranath

Health insurance tech companies, struggling to turn profits, bet on software to turn business around

Health Tech Mohana Ravindranath

As data sharing ramps up, health insurers wade into patient privacy debate

First Opinion Jackson Williams

Hospitals’ cash prices for services offer a new look at health care pricing

Health Tech Katie Palmer

As internet access limits telehealth’s reach, insurers are starting to cover the bill

Health Tech Mario Aguilar

Prescription apps to treat disease face uncertainty as they fight for insurance coverage

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

Just how many barriers do health insurers create to fair access to medicines?

First Opinion Andrew Dreyfus and Sandhya Rao

Health plans, insurers need to make addressing racial inequities in health care part of their core work

First Opinion Vangela M. Wade

People in states without Medicaid expansion can’t wait any longer to build back better

First Opinion Christopher M. Worsham and Peter A. Kahn

Insurers should cover energy costs for prescribed medical equipment

Health Tech Mario Aguilar

UnitedHealthcare launches a virtual-first health insurance plan as hybrid care gains steam

First Opinion Carl Schmid

Hold insurers accountable for covering HIV prevention drugs at no cost to patients

First Opinion James Kwak, John Aloysius Cogan Jr. and Peter Siegelman

Two insurance-based ways to get more Americans vaccinated

First Opinion Kip Sullivan and James G. Kahn

Accountable care organizations don’t cut costs. It’s time to stop the managed care experiment

First Opinion Laura Specker Sullivan

The ethical implications of who judges what’s ‘necessary’ when it comes to emergency care

Health Andrew Joseph and Rachel Cohrs

Alzheimer’s patients are in limbo as hospitals, insurers grapple with whether to offer Aduhelm

First Opinion Josh Marx

Outdated Medicare rules threaten older Americans’ access to home medical equipment

First Opinion Kollet Koulianos and Keri Norris

Copay assistance should count as part of patients’ cost sharing for medications

Opinions+ John Freedman

The many benefits of expanding the reach of state all-payer claims databases

First Opinion Erin E. Trish, Eugene Lin and Matthew Fiedler

Congress should end dialysis companies’ third-party games with insurance coverage