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UnitedHealth Group shares plunge on report of DOJ investigation

UnitedHealth Group shares plunge on report of DOJ investigation

Craig Fedirighi

Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of UnitedHealth Group plunged more than 13% on Thursday following a report that ...

Dr. Mehmet Oz heads to the Senate with pitch to oversee America’s health insurance programs

Dr. Mehmet Oz heads to the Senate with pitch to oversee America’s health insurance programs

Craig Fedirighi

WASHINGTON — Dr. Mehmet Oz, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, will testify ...

Why nursing homes and hospice are so expensive in the U.S.

Why nursing homes and hospice are so expensive in the U.S.

Craig Fedirighi

Baby boomers are about to be the largest generation in American history to hit the long-term care space. Born between ...

Medicare drug price negotiations list includes Ozempic

Medicare drug price negotiations list includes Ozempic

Craig Fedirighi

A pharmacist displays boxes of Ozempic, a semaglutide injection drug used for treating Type 2 diabetes made by Novo Nordisk, ...

Medicare can cover Eli Lilly’s Zepbound for sleep apnea: Health Department agency

Medicare can cover Eli Lilly’s Zepbound for sleep apnea: Health Department agency

Craig Fedirighi

An injection pen of Zepbound, Eli Lilly’s weight loss drug, is displayed in New York City on Dec. 11, 2023. ...

How Trump’s win could change your health care

How Trump’s win could change your health care

Craig Fedirighi

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump arrives on November 13, 2024 at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland.  Andrew Harnik | Getty Images President-elect ...

Trump picks Dr. Oz to lead massive Medicare and Medicaid agency CMS

Trump picks Dr. Oz to lead massive Medicare and Medicaid agency CMS

Adesola Mojo

Dr. Mehmet Oz, a former celebrity TV host and Republican U.S. Senate candidate in Pennsylvania, poses for a portrait outside ...

Trump, Harris plans on drug costs, abortion, Obamacare differ

Trump, Harris plans on drug costs, abortion, Obamacare differ

Craig Fedirighi

President Donald Trump talks to the press outside the White House, July 19, 2019, left, and Democratic presidential nominee and ...

Kamala Harris Proposes Big Home Care Benefit For Medicare

Kamala Harris Proposes Big Home Care Benefit For Medicare

Adesola Mojo

Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris on Tuesday will propose a major new initiative: expanding Medicare to cover the cost of ...

Medicare Advantage shopping season arrives with a dose of confusion and some political implications

Medicare Advantage shopping season arrives with a dose of confusion and some political implications

Craig Fedirighi

Thinner benefits and coverage changes await many older Americans shopping for health insurance this fall. That’s if their plan is ...