UnitedHealth’s Splish Beats CVS-Aetna’s Splash

Bloomberg Gadfly - By Brooke Sutherland Max Nisen - Dec 6, 2017 11:52 AM EST UnitedHealth Group Inc. is that kid in school who's always doing better than you.The $214 billion company…

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On children’s health coverage, congressional inaction has brought us to the ‘nightmare scenario’

LA TIMES - Micahel Hiltzik- November 27, 2017 Child healthcare advocates have been warning, and warning, and warning that Congress’ delay on reauthorizing funds for the Children’s Health Insurance Program…

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Amazon’s cloud is about to announce a huge health-care deal with Cerner

CNBC- Christina Farr | Jordan Novet Published 11:21 AM ET Wed, 22 Nov 2017 Updated 1:22 PM ET Wed, 22 Nov 2017 Amazon's cloud unit to partner with Cerner: Sources Amazon's…

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I.R.S. Starts to Enforce Health Law’s Rule That Employers Offer Insurance

NY TIMES- By STACY COWLEY NOV. 16, 2017 As Republicans and the Trump administration continue trying to chip away at the Affordable Care Act, the Internal Revenue Service has begun, for…

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Insurers make billions off Medicaid in California during Obamacare expansion

Los Angeles Times - Chad Terhune and Anna Gorman- NOVEMBER 6, 2017 Medicaid is rarely associated with getting rich. The patients are poor, the budgets tight and payments to doctors…

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Tax bill will not seek repeal of individual health insurance mandate

The Hill- BY PETER SULLIVAN - 11/02/17 09:51 AM EDT The tax reform bill to be released Thursday will not include a repeal of ObamaCare's individual mandate, sources say, despite President…

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Wall Street Sees a CVS, Aetna Deal as a Revolutionary Defense

Bloomberg - By Cristin Flanagan October 27, 2017, 7:56 AM PDT Speculation that CVS Health Corp may be making a play to buy Aetna Inc yesterday followed hot on the heels of…

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I.R.S. Says It Will Reject Tax Returns that Lack Health Insurance Disclosure

NY Times- Health - By REED ABELSON-OCT. 20, 2017 Despite President Trump’s pronouncements, not only is Obamacare not dead, there are signs that his administration is keeping it alive. In the…

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Trump to Scrap Critical Health Care Subsidies, Hitting Obamacare Again

The New York Times- By ROBERT PEAR, MAGGIE HABERMAN and REED ABELSON -OCT. 12, 2017 WASHINGTON — President Trump will scrap subsidies to health insurance companies that help pay out-of-pocket costs…

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CMS Reveals New Medicare Card Design

CMS.GOV-  SEPTEMBER 14, 2017  Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) gave the public its first look at the newly designed Medicare card. The new Medicare card contains…

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