Rebecca Pifer

On Wednesday, a faith-based group of investors requested UnitedHealth prepare a report looking into how its practices could be leading to “delay or abandonment of medical treatment and serious adverse events for patients.”

The Biden administration’s last MA rule is a boon for insurers, though it remains to be seen how the incoming Trump administration might put its stamp on the regulation before it’s finalized this spring

A rule finalized Monday makes it easier for regulators to suspend agents and brokers from selling Affordable Care Act plans if they pose a risk to the exchanges.

Commissioners voted unanimously on Tuesday to publish the report, which makes a similar attack on the drug middlemen as the agency's first report last summer.

Medicare Advantage payer Alignment has named longtime insurance executive Dawn Maroney president. Name: Dawn Maroney

UnitedHealth’s net income plummeted to its lowest level since 2019 amid hefty costs, including some from the Change cyberattack. CEO Andrew Witty also remembered slain executive Brian Thompson on a Thursday morning call.

Antitrust regulators have reached a deal with Welsh, Carson, Anderson and Stowe that doesn’t penalize the private equity firm for rolling up the market for anesthesia services in Texas, but tries to prevent it from happening again.

About 24.2 million people signed up for Affordable Care Act plans during the open enrollment period for 2025, with huge increases in major Republican-led states.

Walgreens countersued the government the same day. Analysts said a settlement is likely. Dive Brief:

Elevance CEO Gail Boudreaux didn’t address the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO directly on Thursday, but spent more time than usual arguing the insurer is working to improve healthcare.