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UnitedHealth Shows Its Dealmaking Smarts Once More
By Brooke SutherlandThe healthy insurer is paying $1.3 billion for a data analysis company.
August 28, 2017
3 Ways Harvey Is Touching the Life and Health Community NowSome agents are out in rafts in Houston. Some will feel the storm's effects in other ways.
August 25, 2017
ACA Healthy Enrollee Bills Pound Aetna and Kaiser: Mark FarrahThe same risk program that killed the CO-OPs gives some big insurers heartburn.
August 25, 2017
24 Little CO-OPsAnd then there were (almost) none, in an ill-fated Affordable Care Act health plan program.
August 25, 2017
Insurer Aetna Reveals HIV Status in Mailing to 12,000Case shows how difficult handling sensitive health information can be.
August 25, 2017
5 Reasons Genworth's Would-Be Buyer Could Still Close the DealChina wants to curb crazy dealmaking and get help with handling a rapidly aging population.
August 25, 2017
Seniors Still at Greatest Risk for FraudLocal securities cops on the beat fighting financial fraud have confirmed that financial exploitation against seniors remains a top problem.
August 24, 2017
McConnell Is Trump's Latter-Day Ed KochThe conflict has shaped the ACA change fight. Maybe it will shape the tax change fight.