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Pandemic-Era Medicaid Enrollees Shifting To Obamacare In A Big Way

Elevance Health’s 18.2% increase in individual health coverage enrollment in the second quarter was the biggest percentage increase among all of health plans the company sells.

Elevance Health Profits Eclipse $1.8 Billion As Insurer Ups Forecast For 2023

Elevance Health reported a second quarter profit of more than $1.8 billion as the health insurer added health plan members and grew its Carelon health services business.

UnitedHealth, Nation’s Biggest Health Insurer, Reports Record Use Of Behavioral Care Services

UnitedHealth Group, the nation’s largest health insurer, is seeing record use of behavioral healthcare services across all age groups.

UnitedHealth, Nation’s Biggest Health Insurer, Reports Record Use Of Behavioral Care Services

UnitedHealth Group, the nation’s largest health insurer, is seeing record use of behavioral healthcare services across all age groups.

UnitedHealth Group Profits Eclipse $5.4 Billion As Optum And Health Plans Roll Despite Rising Costs

UnitedHealth Group reported $5.5 billion in second quarter profits as its insurance plans and Optum businesses grew by double digit percentages despite rising costs.

CVS Health’s PBM And GoodRx Partner On Drug Discount Program For Commercially Insured Customers

CVS Health’s Caremark pharmacy benefit management (PBM) company and the drug discount app GoodRx are launching a service they hope will lower drug costs for commercial…

Prime Therapeutics Hires New CEO To Lead Pharmacy Benefit Combination With MagellanRx

Prime Therapeutics, a pharmacy benefit manager owned by several Blue Cross and Blue Shield health insurers, promoted Mostafa Kama to succeed the retiring Ken Paulus, ,…

Despite Rising Costs, Big Health Insurers Should Do Just Fine

Rising medical costs are hitting health insurer stocks lately but these diversified companies should be just fine when they report earnings in the coming weeks.

Rite Aid Not Ruling Out More Store Closures As Losses Mount

Rite Aid executives aren’t ruling out more store closures as the company sustains more financial losses while they’re working their turnaround plan.

Medicaid Expansion Begins Today In South Dakota, Overcoming Years Of Republican Roadblocks

South Dakota Saturday implements Medicaid benefits to more than 40,000 low-income adults under the Affordable Care Act after years of Republican obstruction.