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UNITEDHEALTH TO BUY CHILE'S BANMEDICA FOR $2.8 BILLION
Banmedica operates health insurance, clinics and other services... READ MORE›
HUMANA, PRIVATE EQUITY FIRMS BUY KINDRED HEALTHCARE FOR $810 MILLION
And UnitedHealth Group Inc announced deals that will expand the reach of those insurers into healthcare services in locations and sites that charge less than hospitals... 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›
JUNK BOND RALLY DRAWING TO CLOSE, SAY EUROPEAN FUNDS
Going forward there will be no rising tides lifting all boats, said Jean Medecin, member of the investment committee at Carmignac... 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›
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›
AMAZON, ANTHEM, CONGRESS PUT DRUG BENEFITS FIRMS IN HOT SPOT
Moved to sever ties with pharmacy-benefits manager Express Scripts Holding Co... 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›
PRIVATE EQUITY READIES DEBT TO BUY AKZO'S SPECIALTY CHEMICALS
Specialty Chemicals reported EBITDA of 953 million euros in2016 and its recently appointed CEO Theirry Vanlancker has forecast EBITDA increases of around 50 million euros per year through 2022... READ MORE›
BAIN CAPITAL MAY BUY JAPAN AD AGENCY ASATSU-DK FOR $1.2 BILLION
US private equity firm Bain Capital plans to buy Japanese advertising agency Asatsu-DK Inc... READ MORE›
GLOBAL LOGISTIC PROPERTIES BUYS EUROPEAN LOGISTICS FIRM FOR $2.8 BILLION
GLP said the transaction is expected to be funded by about $1.6 billion of equity and $1.2 billion of long-term, low-cost debt... READ MORE›
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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›
THE USA CAN LEARN FROM THESE FOREIGN HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS
Health care for people with low incomes is subsidized by the government... READ MORE›
RURAL HOSPITALS IN CRITICAL CONDITION
The closings threaten to decimate a network of rural hospitals the federal government first established beginning in the late 1940s to ensure that no one would be without health care... READ MORE›
OBAMACARE'S SHOCKING PREMIUM HIKES: MASTIO & LAWRENCE
Expanding Medicaid has given millions access to health insurance and services, many of them children and people with jobs... 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›
WHICH COUNTRY HAS THE WORLD'S BEST HEALTHCARE SYSTEM?
Treatment in public hospitals is completely covered by Medicare, though people with private health insurance often elect to use private hospitals... 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›
JEREMY HUNT ORDERS YEARLY STUDY OF 'AVOIDABLE' HOSPITAL DEATHS
The independent health secretary jeremy hunt orders annual review of avoidable deaths in nhs hospitals 2 hrs ago... READ MORE›
OBAMACARE PLANS WILL BE SOLD IN EVERY U.S. COUNTY NEXT YEAR
Ohio announced Thursday that health insurer CareSource will offer Affordable Care Act coverage next year in Paulding County... READ MORE›
AMERICAN HOSPITALS ARE DISAPPEARING
One of the beneficiaries is Westchester Medical Center Health Network, which bought the former Kingston hospital in March... READ MORE›
NINE IN 10 AMERICANS HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE, SURVEY FINDS
In Arkansas, 22.5 percent of people lacked health insurance in 2013... READ MORE›
AMERICANS ARE FIGHTING ABOUT HEALTH CARE -- AGAIN. HERE'S WHY
Obamacare expanded Medicaid, the publicly funded health insurance system that helps lower-income people get care... READ MORE›
A KUSHNER BETS ON OBAMACARE IN THE ERA OF TRUMP
Josh Kushner's health insurer, Oscar, lost more than 300 million on Obamacare insurance plans. Then came Donald Trump. Its latest gamble A deal with the Cleveland Clinic... READ MORE›
BRAZIL FOOTBALL CLUB TO OPEN CEMETERY
Fans will be able to choose from up to 70,000 plots at the Corinthians Forever cemetery near Sao Paulo... READ MORE›
GODADDY IN EXCLUSIVE TALKS TO BUY HOST EUROPE
A purchase of HEG would help GoDaddy accelerate its shift into the more profitable web hosting business as well as broaden its customer base in Europe... READ MORE›
IS AN NHS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL NEAR YOU BEING CLOSED OR DOWNGRADED?
In Devon, for example, hundreds of protesters marched in Paignton in February calling for a referendum on plans to close four community hospitals... READ MORE›
ICAHN DECLINES TO JOIN TRUMP ECONOMIC TEAM, MULLS SECOND SUPER PAC
In October, Icahn announced his first Super PAC, which was the biggest one-time injection of money in the history of such political action committees... READ MORE›
EXCLUSIVE: KKR NEARS DEAL TO ACQUIRE WEBMD - SOURCES
It was acquired by KKR in 2014 for 1.1 billion from two other private equity firms, Hellman Friedman LLC and JMI Equity... READ MORE›
NEARLY 17 MILLION AMERICANS COVERED UNDER OBAMACARE
In 2013, the Census Bureau estimated that more than 47 million Americans lacked health insurance coverage, or about 15 percent of the population... READ MORE›
AMERICAN WELL WILL ALLOW TELEMEDICINE PATIENTS TO PICK THEIR DOCTOR
Other health systems that have worked with American Well to offer telehealth to their patients are also contemplating joining the new marketplace... READ MORE›
THIS BILLIONAIRE MADE HIS FORTUNE ON $50 CHAINSAWS
Allan Smidt, who died last year, said Eric Smidt had dramatically leveraged the company and enriched himself at its expense... READ MORE›
KKR HAS EYE ON HEALTH WITH WEBMD, NATURE'S BOUNTY DEALS
KKR will fold WebMD's websites, including WebMD.com and Medscape.com, into its Internet Brands unit, which houses sites such as DentalPlans.com and AllAboutCounseling.com... READ MORE›
KKR TO BUY NISSAN-BACKED SUPPLIER CALSONIC FOR UP TO $4.5 BILLION
It beat out rival private equity firms Bain Capital and MBK Partners, which, according to Thomson Reuters LPC, had bid to buy Nissan's stake... READ MORE›
BRAZIL SCALES BACK CARNIVAL FESTIVITIES AS DROUGHT AND WEAK ECONOMY PERSIST
In the sambadrome, where tens of thousands gather to watch the samba schools parade, water pressure to the bathrooms has been reduced fivefold to avoid wastage... READ MORE›
SAO PAULO DEVASTATED BY ITS WORST DROUGHT ON RECORD
Brazil water shortage Sao Paulo devastated by its worst drought on record... READ MORE›
CHILD DEATHS IN PRIORY HOSPITALS PROVOKE CALLS TO CANCEL NHS CONTRACT
In January, Priory Group was sold for ?1.3bn by the US private equity firm Advent International to Acadia Healthcare of Tennessee... READ MORE›
EXCLUSIVE: FRANCISCO PARTNERS, ELLIOTT NEAR DELL SOFTWARE DEAL - SOURCES
Francisco Partners focuses on private equity investments in the technology sector... READ MORE›
'ANY COMPANY WILL DO': QUEBEC DOCTORS USE LOOPHOLE TO SIDESTEP NEW LAW BANNING EXTRA FEES
But RAMQ's spokesperson said, in general, doctors aren't allowed to tell patients to find any registered company and ask them to be billed for services provided... READ MORE›
HOSPITAL A&ES MISS WAITING TIME TARGET AS ADMISSIONS HIT RECORD HIGH
The NHS has ensured there are plans in every area to manage the extra demand, she added... READ MORE›