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The market
Insurers, hospital systems, pharmacy benefit managers and employers: contract fights and network exits, mergers, drug prices, and the earnings that move premiums.
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The market
Centene's marketplace membership falls to 3.4 million from 5.8 million a year earlier
The insurer lost about 2.4 million exchange members after enhanced federal tax credits expired, and it credited higher prices for improving margins on the people who stayed.
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The market
HCA puts third-quarter cost of patients who lost exchange coverage at $400 million
The hospital chain said people who dropped their marketplace plans kept coming for care without insurance, and Tenet reported the same shift two days later.
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The market
Rush and Endeavor Health plan to merge into a 12-hospital Chicago-area system
The proposed deal would join two large nonprofit systems in a market with no dominant player, and a KFF researcher noted that hospital consolidation has been linked to higher prices.
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The market
UnitedHealth profit rises 75% as its Medicare Advantage rolls shrink by 935,000
The company said pricing discipline and benefit changes cut the share of premiums it spends on care, after it raised prices and trimmed benefits for seniors.
