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Companies like CVS and UnitedHealth are now some of the world’s biggest businesses. Is that healthy for the rest of us?

The companies and their rivals say their enormous size and scope makes them the best candidates to fix America’s health care system. After a new wave of mergers, they're under pressure to prove it.

Fortune

CVS Health CEO Karen Lynch wants better care for new moms at risk of postpartum depression

The CEO sees a connection between mind and body.

Fortune

Prior authorization rules are stressful for Medicare Advantage customers

Millions of prior authorization requests are denied every year, leaving some Medicare Advantage customers without adequate care. But changes are coming to fix this.

Fortune

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Mayor Adams signs controversial contract that eliminates traditional Medicare for retired NYC workers

NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams signed off on a contract Thursday that will eliminate traditional Medicare coverage for retired city government workers and shift them into a privatized version of the program instead — a highly controversial move that immediately drew a lawsuit threat from a grassroots retiree group.

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Medicaid health plans try to protect members — and profits — during unwinding

The federal COVID-19 pandemic protections that have largely prohibited states from dropping anyone from Medicaid since 2020 helped millions of low-income Americans retain health insurance coverage — even if they no longer qualified — and brought the U.S. uninsured rate to a record low.

Tribune News Service

States are turning to the big health insurance companies to keep Medicaid enrollees insured once pandemic protections end

UnitedHealthcare, Centene, and Aetna have seen their revenue surge by billions as their membership soared by millions.

Fortune

A baby spent 36 days in an in-network NICU. Why did the hospital next door send a bill?

Brenna Kearney was seven months pregnant in December 2019 when she experienced what she thought were bad flu symptoms.

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Chicago mom fought Lurie Children’s Hospital for 3 years to get overbilling for newborn reversed

Illinois law bars insurers from charging out-of-network rates for neonatal care at in-network hospitals. But that didn’t keep it from happening to Brenna Kearney and her husband Casey Trumble. Only a reporter’s questions got things fixed.

Chicago Sun-Times

A baby spent 36 days at an in-network hospital. Why did her parents get a huge bill?

A family had more than $12,000 in medical bills they couldn't explain after their baby was delivered early. It turns out the doctors who cared for her worked at a different, out-of-network hospital.

WEKU

Evan Ramstad: UnitedHealth and CVS, the unexpected Goliath vs. Goliath battle

Twenty years ago, Apple made computers and iPods and Google had a search engine and a few extra services.

Tribune News Service

After tuition, books, and room and board, colleges’ rising health fees hit a nerve

You’ve compared tuition. Reviewed on-campus housing costs. Even digested student meal plan prices.

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Colleges’ rising health fees hit a nerve

Families are feeling sticker shock at the cost of college health plans

Salon

The disability tax: Medical bills remain inaccessible for many blind Americans

A Missouri man who is deaf and blind said a medical bill he didn’t know existed was sent to debt collections, triggering an 11% rise in his home insurance premiums.

Tribune News Service

Medical bills remain inaccessible for many visually impaired Americans

When health bills aren't legible — via large-print, Braille or other adaptive technology — blind patients can't know what they owe, and are too often sent to debt collections, an investigation finds.

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UNH Stock Gaps Up As UnitedHealth Earnings Top, Outlook Hiked, Growth Accelerates

UnitedHealth earnings beat, led by Optum Health, as the Dow Jones giant kicks off health insurers' results. UNH stock rose Friday.

Tribune News Service

Health plan shake-up could disrupt coverage for low-income Californians

Almost 2 million of California’s poorest and most medically fragile residents may have to switch health insurers as a result of a new strategy by the state to improve care in its Medicaid program.

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How does online ADHD testing work? Safe Haven uses FDA-cleared devices without an appointment

We only recommend products we love and that we think you will, too. We may receive a portion of sales from products purchased from this article, which was written by our Commerce team.

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4 Growth Stocks to Buy and Hold No Matter What

Fed’s drawn-out battle against inflation is expected to keep the stock market on edge. However, a renewed focus on domestic production and significant incentives from the government are likely to keep the wind in the sails of growth stocks. Hence, it would be wise to ignore the noise and hold…

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LGBTQ hospital workers denied fertility coverage in test of US discrimination law

An Illinois-based Catholic hospital system that employs more than 24,000 people will only cover fertility treatment for workers in opposite-sex marriages, a policy some lawyers say could run afoul of federal discrimination laws.

Benzinga

Dario Health (DRIO) Poised To Inflect Upon Full Launch of National Health Plan

Dario Health (DRIO) Poised to Inflect Upon Full Launch of National Health Plan - Fundamentals: Company positioned to avoid dilutive financing after recent $50M credit facility with OrbiMed - Catalysts: Company is guiding for a full launch of a large national insurer, by end of June

The Street

CVS Stock Nudges Higher As Group Reiterates 2022 Profit Forecast

CVS said Thursday that it will reiterate its recent full-year profit forecasts during a series of investor meetings over the coming weeks.

The Street

CVS Stock Gains After Q1 Earnings Beat 2022 Profit Guidance Boost On Aetna Strength

"Our strategy improves access to affordable, convenient and personalized health care, which benefits consumers and shareholders,." said CEO Karen Lynch.

Zenger

This Tech Will Cut The Cost Of Self-funded Health Coverage

Marpai uses artificial intelligence to predict who will get sick, what it will cost and where to find reasonably priced care.

Tribune News Service

Pandemic medical innovations leave behind people with disabilities

Divya Goel, a 35-year-old deaf-blind woman in Orlando, Florida, has had two telemedicine doctors’ appointments during the pandemic. Each time, she was denied an interpreter.

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