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Amid Pandemic, UnitedHealth Group Offers $1.5 Billion In Premium Credits To Enrollees

UnitedHealth Group is providing rebates and credits the company says are worth $1.5 billion to health plan members impacted by the Coronavirus strain COVID-19.

Amid Pandemic, UnitedHealth Group Offers $1.5 Billion In Premium Credits To Enrollees

UnitedHealth Group is providing rebates and credits the company says are worth $1.5 billion to health plan members impacted by the Coronavirus strain COVID-19.

CVS Health Hub Openings On Track Despite Pandemic

CVS Health remains on target to expand its new health hub concept to 1,500 stores across the U.S. within the next two years despite the spread of the coronavirus strain COVID-19.

CVS Health’s Telehealth Clinic Visits Surge Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

CVS Health reported a 600% surge in use of its retail health clinics via telehealth and a 1,000% jump in home prescription delivery as Americans sought quick access to health services amid Coronavirus pandemic.

Big Blue Cross Plan Taps New CEO

Health Care Service Corp. has named a new chief executive with a three-decade history working for the company to lead the parent of Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans in five states.

Abbott Labs Eclipses 1.4 Million Rapid Coronavirus Tests Shipped Across U.S.

Abbott Laboratories has shipped 1.4 million of its highly touted “rapid” molecular tests for the Coronavirus strain COVID-19 to all 50 U. S. states.

Hospital Operator Tenet Healthcare ‘Not Overwhelmed’ With Coronavirus Cases

Tenet Healthcare said its more than 60 hospitals are “not being overwhelmed” by patients sickened by the Coronavirus strain COVID-19, a snapshot of how the U.S. healthcare system may be effectively coping with the pandemic.

Google And Aerospace Industry To Boost Ventilator Production

Medical device makers have formed an alliance with Google and the aerospace industry to speed production and component part supplies needed to make ventilators for patients sickened COVID-19.

Insurers Brace For Big Influx Of Jobless Americans To Obamacare And Medicaid

Health insurers are preparing for an influx of Americans to enroll in Obamacare and private Medicaid as Americans lose their jobs and employer health benefits.

Red State Missouri’s Medicaid Expansion Ballot Measure Advances

Supporters of an initiative to expand Medicaid coverage to tens of thousands of residents in Missouri said they submitted the necessary signatures to place the measure on the November general election ballot.