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CVS'S $68 BILLION BID TO BRING ONE-STOP SHOPPING TO HEALTH CARE
Has somewhat grander ambitions for its 67.5 billion purchase of health insurer Aetna Inc. changing the way Americans go to the doctor... READ MORE›
UNITEDHEALTH TO BUY DAVITA PRIMARY CARE UNIT FOR $4.9 BILLION
DaVita's medical group had 4.11 billion in sales last year, or 30 percent of the total... READ MORE›
CVS, AETNA EXECUTIVES DEFEND $69 BILLION DEAL TO SKEPTICAL WALL STREET
A CVS Pharmacy store is seen in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., November 30, 2017... READ MORE›
CVS TO BUY AETNA FOR $67.5 BILLION, REMAKING HEALTH CARE SECTOR
CVS will pay 207 a share for Aetna, with 145 a share in cash and the rest in stock, the companies said in a statement Sunday... READ MORE›
CVS HEALTH TO BUY AETNA FOR $69B
A CVS Health-Aetna merger would likely create a behemoth with revenue greater than any other US company except Walmart... READ MORE›
CVS HEALTH TO ACQUIRE AETNA FOR $69 BILLION IN YEAR'S LARGEST ACQUISITION
Aetna shareholders stand to receive 207 per share in the deal with CVS, the companies said... READ MORE›
CVS HEALTH TO ACQUIRE AETNA FOR $69 BILLION IN YEAR'S LARGEST ACQUISITION
Aetna shareholders stand to receive 207 per share in the deal with CVS, the companies said... READ MORE›
'MY EYES ARE BURNING': DELHI HOLDS HALF MARATHON DESPITE POLLUTION WARNING
The US embassy website on Sunday showed levels of the smallest and most harmful airborne pollutants hovered near 200... READ MORE›
MOST AMERICANS BLAME DONALD TRUMP FOR OBAMACARE PROBLEMS, POLL FINDS
The former US leader introduced it to extend health insurance coverage to some of the estimated 15 per cent of the US population who lack it... READ MORE›
HEALTH MINISTRY TO INCREASE NUMBER OF HOSPITALS THAT CHARGE EXTRA FEES FOR PATIENTS WITH NO REFERRAL
The health ministry plans to expand the range of hospitals that can impose additional fees on patients with no referral from their regular doctors as early... READ MORE›
CUSTOMERS DEFY TRUMP ATTACKS TO BUY OBAMACARE, AND VOTE FOR IT
President Donald Trump and Republican leaders in Congress have repeatedly said Obamacare is failing, or even dead... READ MORE›
HEALTH SERVICE CANNOT CONTINUE IN RED ZONE PROVIDERS LEADER WARNS
Chris Hopson, speaking at the NHS Providers annual conference, said UK health spending was ?900 less per person than Germany... READ MORE›
CVS, AETNA AIM TO FINALIZE DEAL AS EARLY AS DECEMBER
A tie-up with Aetna could give CVS more leverage in its price negotiations with drug makers... READ MORE›
OBAMACARE'S RISING PREMIUMS WILL HURT THE MIDDLE CLASS THE MOST
For some lower-income people in Obamacare, the rising premiums President Donald Trump has talked so much about will barely be felt at all... READ MORE›
BERNIE SANDERS PRAISES CANADA'S HEALTH-CARE SYSTEM
Bernie Sanders praised Canada's health-care system during a visit to three Toronto hospitals... READ MORE›
CONSUMERS PAY INSURERS' ANNUAL OBAMACARE FEES
The health insurance industry's initial required payment, for the 2014 calendar year, was 8 billion... READ MORE›
IT WILL BE A TALE OF 2 COUNTRIES AS OPEN ENROLLMENT BEGINS
A dozen states, including Washington, operate their own health insurance marketplaces, maintaining control over advertising and the help they can offer consumers... READ MORE›
CVS-AETNA DEAL COULD MEAN END OF ERA IN HOW DRUGS ARE PAID FOR
A merger of CVS and Aetna would create a health-care behemoth and put huge pressure on standalone players such as Express Scripts Holding Co... READ MORE›
CVS DEAL FOR AETNA COULD HELP RETAILER FACE AMAZON ENTRY
Shares of Aetna, the third-largest U.S. health insurer, closed down 3 percent on Friday after closing 12 percent higher on Thursday on reports of the deal... READ MORE›
CVS-AETNA DEAL GETS WALL STREET THUMBS UP AMID AMAZON ENTRY FEARS
Some analysts said the deal could also trigger a wave of consolidation across the industry... READ MORE›
AETNA RISES AFTER WSJ REPORTS CVS IN TALKS TO BUY INSURER
Gained in New York trading after the Wall Street Journal reported that CVS Health Corp... READ MORE›
U.S. INSURER ANTHEM SAYS OBAMACARE BUSINESS IMPROVING; STOCK JUMPS
Anthem said on Tuesday it will acquire America's 1st Choice, a privately held for-profit Medicare Advantage company, expanding its presence in Florida... READ MORE›
U.S. HEALTH INSURER ANTHEM'S QUARTERLY PROFIT BEATS ESTIMATES
Anthem said on Tuesday it would acquire America's 1st Choice, a privately held for-profit Medicare Advantage company, expanding its presence in Florida... READ MORE›
DEMOCRATS SHOULD ADOPT A SIMPLICITY AGENDA, FROM HEALTH CARE TO RETIREMENT
Medicare for All would dramatically reduce the complexity by creating an easy-to-use health insurance plan that all Americans can trust to cover the care they need... READ MORE›
AMAZON, ANTHEM, CONGRESS PUT DRUG BENEFITS FIRMS IN HOT SPOT
Moved to sever ties with pharmacy-benefits manager Express Scripts Holding Co... READ MORE›
UNCERTAINTY REIGNS AHEAD OF NEW HEALTH CARE SIGN-UP PERIOD
Its proposal, known as the stopgap measure, would be unlike any other state's health insurance market... READ MORE›
HIGHMARK'S ALLEGHENY HEALTH NETWORK ANNOUNCES $1B EXPANSION
Highmark Health had previously announced 315 million it's spending on a new cancer institute at its flagship Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, and facilities in Erie... READ MORE›
DON'T BLAME YOUNG PEOPLE FOR YOUR RISING HEALTHCARE COSTS
Health insurance Don't blame young people for your rising premiums... READ MORE›
SA'S TRANSFORMING HEALTH PROGRAM FAILS TO ACHIEVE SAVINGS TARGETS, SAYS AUDITOR-GENERAL
Not only did Mr Richardson find Transforming Health's saving targets were not being met, he also found it was not meeting its own clinical standards... READ MORE›
HERE ARE TWO MORE WAYS DONALD TRUMP PLANS TO WEAKEN THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT
Obamacare Here are two more ways Donald Trump plans to weaken the Affordable Care Act... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Health Insurance
PREGNANCY TO COST 425% MORE UNDER DONALD TRUMP'S HEALTH PLAN COMPARED TO OBAMACARE
Pregnancy to cost 425 percent more under Donald Trump's health plan compared to Obamacare... READ MORE›
ONLY 12% OF AMERICANS SUPPORT THE SENATE HEALTH CARE PLAN
Poll Only 12 percent of Americans support the Senate health care plan... READ MORE›
NOW, EVEN DEMOCRATS CAN SEE THE OBAMACARE DEATH SPIRAL
And another state facing the implosion of its health insurance market... READ MORE›
NEW VISA FOR MIGRANT PARENTS TO STAY IN AUSTRALIA FOR UP TO 10 YEARS
The children will also need to act as financial guarantor on any extra healthcare costs their parents rack up in Australia... READ MORE›
THE USA CAN LEARN FROM THESE FOREIGN HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS
Health care for people with low incomes is subsidized by the government... READ MORE›
ACCESS TO NATURE REDUCES DEPRESSION AND OBESITY, FINDS EUROPEAN STUDY
Overall, nature is an under-recognised healer, the paper says, offering multiple health benefits from allergy reductions to increases in self-esteem and mental wellbeing... READ MORE›
TRUMP STUDYING EXECUTIVE ACTION ON HEALTHCARE, SENATOR RAND PAUL SAYS
Allowing groups like AARP, which represents retirees, to form health associations could enable individuals and small businesses to form larger groups to negotiate with health insurance companies for lower rates... READ MORE›
BIG CORPORATE MONEY OPPOSES SINGLE-PAYER PROPOSAL
California Health Care Bill Big Corporate Money Opposes Single-Payer Proposal... READ MORE›
NHS WAITING TIMES 'DRIVING PEOPLE TO TURN TO PRIVATE TREATMENT'
The findings come as health service bosses gather in Manchester for the opening of NHS England's annual two-day NHS Expo... READ MORE›
PERSPECTIVE | SHOULD HEALTHY PEOPLE HAVE TO PAY FOR CHRONIC ILLNESSES?
Spreading the costs so that healthy people pay more than their own care likely will warrant in a given year is one option... READ MORE›
GRAHAM-CASSIDY HEALTH BILL WORST BY FAR
After the past eight months, I am now a health care voter... READ MORE›
AT LEAST 21 MILLION WOULD LOSE COVERAGE IN GOP BILL BROOKINGS SAYS
Not all states would benefit Those that expanded Medicaid under the ACA would lose federal funding while states that didn't expand stand to receive extra billions... READ MORE›
AN ECONOMIST DOES THE MATH ON SINGLE-PAYER HEALTH CARE
But days later, advocates of a universal health care system in which the government is the single payer got three boosts... READ MORE›
REPUBLICAN HEALTH BILL TO LEAVE 23M UNINSURED
Senate Leader Mitch McConnell will essentially have to start from scratch in coming up with a reform plan that can pass his chamber... READ MORE›
'NO CUTS'A TO MEDICAID
WASHINGTON -- President Trump attacked Democrats for their opposition to the Senate bill to repeal and replace Obamacare in a Saturday morning tweet... READ MORE›
REPORTER ARRESTED 'FOR TRYING TO ASK DONALD TRUMP'S HEALTH SECRETARY A QUESTION'
It's first time I've ever seen anyone arrested for asking a question, said Mr Heyman, who has been a reporter for 30 years... READ MORE›
NHS BOSSES WARN OF MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS WITH LONG WAITS FOR TREATMENT
The report paints a stark picture of mental health services struggling to keep up with a growing need for care... READ MORE›
TRUMP'S HEALTH INSURANCE EXECUTIVE ORDER PUSHES ASSOCIATION PLANS
Trump's health insurance order pushes association plans to drive down costs for some... READ MORE›
HUNDREDS OF COUNTIES AT RISK FOR NO OBAMACARE INSURER IN 2018
Aaron P. Bernstein Anthem, the second-largest U.S. health insurer, sells Blue Cross Blue Shield plans in 14 states... READ MORE›
HOW ONE U.S. STATE IS LEADING THE CHARGE TO DISMANTLE OBAMACARE
In Kentucky, more than 400,000 people gained health insurance through the program, the highest growth rate of Medicaid coverage of any state... READ MORE›
HERE'S HOW MANY TRANS PEOPLE SERVE IN THE U.S. MILITARY
Health care is not the only benefit that trans military personnel would lose if banned from service... READ MORE›
ANALYSIS: HOW TRUMP IS UNRAVELING OBAMACARE PIECE BY PIECE
WASHINGTON -- When it comes to health care, President Trump says he's doing the right thing for Americans... READ MORE›
WITH OR WITHOUT OBAMACARE, HEALTH-CARE COSTS ARE BATTERING THE MIDDLE CLASS
I have a lot of people that have enough money to retire in all areas, except they haven't looked at their health insurance costs, he says... READ MORE›
TRUMP MOVING 'STEP BY STEP' TO TAKE APART OBAMACARE ON HIS OWN
Go to health insurers in the Affordable Care Act to help lower-income people with co-pays and other cost sharing... READ MORE›
U.S. TOP COURT BACKS OBAMACARE, PRESIDENT SAYS IT'S HERE TO STAY
The Obama administration said 16.4 million previously uninsured people have gained health insurance since the law was enacted... READ MORE›
'JEREMY HUNT HAS NOT BEEN A GOOD STEWARD OF THE NHS'
To achieve the latter, the party wants to repeal legislation supporting markets in the NHS, including the Health and Social Care Act 2012 covering England... READ MORE›
OBAMACARE EXPLODING? MAYBE JUST A SLOW BURN
After the failed Republican effort to push through the bill, insurers are looking at changes to help 2018, America's Health Insurance Plans spokeswoman Kristine Grow said... READ MORE›
TRUMPCARE HAS SENIORS RETHINKING EARLY RETIREMENT
Nevertheless, millions of older Americans face a gap in health coverage between the time they stop working and when they become eligible for Medicare... READ MORE›
FACT CHECK: TRUMP AND TRANSGENDER SERVICE MEMBERS
On June 30, the Defense Department under Trump delayed the start date for accepting transgender service members until Jan. 1, 2018... READ MORE›
TRUMP ORDER ON HEALTH PLANS MAY UNDERMINE OBAMACARE OPTIONS
Small employers would potentially be able to band together from across the country to create association health plans and buy insurance together outside of Obamacare... READ MORE›