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Aetna will focus on core health insurance business while The Hartford Group will grow to become second largest life and disability insurer.
American Medical Association survey finds in 43 percent of metropolitan areas, a single health insurer had at least a 50 percent share of the market.
Cuts to safety net entitlement programs would pose a significant risk to providers' reimbursement of care for older, sicker and disabled populations.
Alexander-Murray bipartisan healthcare bill to stabilize Affordable Care Act has 24 co-signers,12 senators from each party.
The uninsured rate is now the highest recorded since the last quarter of 2014 when it was 12.9 percent.
Anthem, CVS Health sign 5-year deal for new pharmacy benefits manager, IngenioRx, dealing a blow to Express Scripts.
Some insurers are able to refile higher premium rates reflecting the loss of the payments, while others will have to absorb the cost.
The insurer said enrollment grew by nearly 1 million people, split evenly between Medicare Advantage and Medicare Supplement coverage.
Court found no proof that UnitedHealth officers signed off on Medicare Advantage data they knew to be false.
Proposal by Sens. Lamar Alexander and Patty Murray is seen as short-term fix for healthcare coverage under ACA.