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Two states say 2014 Obamacare insurance costs on low side

August 24, 2021 at 9:57 a.m.

(Reuters) - In a boost for President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law, two states in the Northwest said on Friday that insurance companies submitted applications to sell policies on the...

Insight: Insurers see promise in pay-for-performance health plans

August 24, 2021 at 2:16 a.m.

(Reuters) - Insurers and doctors are testing a way to pay for healthcare that has been more common in the corporate suite than the emergency room - paying for better...

Insurer shares could gain if Medicare cuts less than proposed

August 24, 2021 at 1:40 a.m.

March 27 Reuters) - Planned cuts in U.S. government payments for private Medicare Advantage insurance may not be as severe as first proposed, a prospect that could boost the shares...

Fidelity manager says healthcare law, cuts will hit biotech

August 24, 2021 at 1:11 a.m.

(Reuters) - The healthcare overhaul and the U.S. federal budget cuts could complicate the long-term growth for the biotech sector, which has been on a roll in recent years. Even...

Generics brought down common drug prices in 2012: Express Scripts

May 13, 2019 at 11:26 p.m.

(Reuters) - Cheaper generic drugs in 2012 brought down spending on treatments for common diseases like high cholesterol for the first time in 20 years, according to a report from...

Generics brought down common drug prices in 2012: Express Scripts

August 24, 2021 at 12:22 a.m.

(Reuters) - Cheaper generic drugs in 2012 brought down spending on treatments for common diseases like high cholesterol for the first time in 20 years, according to a report from...

In telecommuting debate, Aetna sticks by big at-home workforce

August 24, 2021 at 12:08 a.m.

(Reuters) - For more than six years, Tammy Saunders has woken at 5:30 a.m., showered, dressed and walked upstairs - to her office. A nurse practitioner, Saunders works as a...

Health insurer WellPoint names hospital executive as CEO

May 13, 2019 at 11:14 p.m.

(Reuters) - WellPoint Inc named Joseph Swedish, the top executive in a large non-profit hospital system, as the health insurer's new chief executive officer after a half-year search that began...

Health insurer WellPoint names hospital executive as CEO

August 23, 2021 at 11:11 p.m.

(Reuters) - WellPoint Inc named Joseph Swedish, the top executive in a large non-profit hospital system, as the health insurer's new chief executive officer after a half-year search that began...

WellPoint expects states to expand Medicaid

May 13, 2019 at 10:52 p.m.

(Reuters) - A top U.S. insurance industry executive on Wednesday predicted that most states will agree to expand their Medicaid programs under President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law, despite opposition...

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