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America’s Hospital-Bed Shortage Is About to Become a Crisis

As new construction declines and occupancy rates soar, experts warn that hospitals may soon cease to function properly because of overcrowding.

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Largest Pharmacy-Benefit Managers Hiked Up Drug Prices, FTC Says

The largest pharmacy-benefit managers hiked the prices of dozens of drugs dispensed through their own pharmacies, according to a new report by the Federal Trade Commission released on Tuesday.

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How Health Insurers Racked Up Billions in Extra Payments From Medicare Advantage

The Wall Street Journal’s year long investigation into Medicare’s private insurers relied on exclusive access to billions of records of Medicare services

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Why Are Americans Paying So Much More for Healthcare Than They Used To?

The killing of a health insurance executive in New York City prompted a furious outpouring of anger over the industry and healthcare prices.

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UnitedHealthcare and the ObamaCare Con

The law’s mandates and regulations have given rise to myriad insurance-market grievances.

Lawyers target high health plan costs
Lawyers target high health plan costs

Many large employers have outsourced their health benefits management to consulting firms,

Workers want more health benefit options
Workers want more health benefit options

Forty-two percent of employees said they would rather receive better health insurance

Workers want more health benefit options
The 'old-fashioned' weight loss method being embraced by insurers

As insurers continue to face major financial pressures related to covering weight loss drugs, many are steering more patients toward bariatric surgery to achieve similar results.

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When Hospital Prices Go Up, Local Economies Take a Hit

Companies lay off workers to make up for health-insurance costs after hospitals raise prices, research finds

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Florida House speaker launches probe of insurance companies

Florida House Speaker Daniel Perez (R-Miami) announced an investigation Tuesday into a state report that property insurance companies have moved billions of dollars to affiliate companies while claiming financial losses.

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UnitedHealth Group Is Under Criminal Investigation for Possible Medicare Fraud

The Justice Department is investigating UnitedHealth Group for possible criminal Medicare fraud, people familiar with the matter said. The healthcare-fraud unit of the Justice Department’s criminal division is overseeing the investigation.

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UnitedHealth Built a Giant. Now Its Model Is Faltering.

For years, UnitedHealth UNH 8.21% increase; green up pointing triangle Group was the envy of the healthcare industry—a vertically integrated behemoth that controlled the insurer, the doctor, the pharmacy and the software connecting them. That structure fueled years of dominance and outsize growth. But now, what made UnitedHealth so formidable is becoming a liability.