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Obamacare sign-ups to increase 8.7% for 2017, HHS says
NEW YORK - Sign-ups for Obamacare health plans will climb 8.7 percent for next year, showing steady growth for the insurance markets created by...
UnitedHealth to drop out of all but a few Obamacare states;...
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NEW YORK - UnitedHealth Group Inc., the biggest U.S. health insurer, said it will drop out of all but a...
UnitedHealth takes on CVS, Express Scripts with drugs deal
NEW YORK - UnitedHealth Group Inc.’s OptumRx unit struck an agreement to ease customers’ access to drugs through Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc.’s drugstores, a...
Obamacare sign-ups top last year’s total in boost to health law
NEW YORK - About 8.3 million people have signed up for health coverage through Obamacare’s U.S.-run shopping markets this year, the U.S. said Tuesday,...
Libido pill’s risks have insurers weighing whether to pay
NEW YORK - Health insurers are grappling with the question of whether to cover the new pink pill to treat low libido in women,...
Battle over who gets $15K heart drug focuses on guidelines
NEW YORK - The fight is intensifying over which patients will get an almost $15,000-a-year cholesterol drug from Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Sanofi, with...
Anthem to buy Cigna for $48.4B after year of talks
NEW YORK - Anthem Inc. struck a deal to buy rival Cigna Corp. for $48.4 billion, wrapping up almost a year of contentious negotiations...
UnitedHealth raises 2015 forecast while medical costs weigh
NEW YORK - UnitedHealth Group Inc., the biggest U.S. health insurer, raised its full-year forecast after saying that profit gained in the second quarter,...
UnitedHealth boosts forecast as Optum revenue increases
NEW YORK - UnitedHealth Group Inc., the largest U.S. health insurer, raised its 2015 forecast and posted first- quarter profit that topped analysts’ estimates...
UnitedHealth buys Catamaran for $12.8B for drug benefits
NEW YORK - UnitedHealth Group Inc. agreed to buy Catamaran Corp. for about $12.8 billion, bulking up its drug- benefits business to get better...
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