Tag: Access to health care
CVS Health steers through rising insurance costs in a strong fourth quarter
CVS Health steered through rising costs in its insurance division to handily beat profit expectations on Wall Street.The drugstore chain and pharmacy benefits...
UnitedHealth books better-than-expected fourth-quarter profit
UnitedHealth posted a better-than-expected profit in the final quarter of 2024, but revenue fell short as challenges like Medicare funding cuts and a...
New Mexico state spending plan seeks more federal Medicaid dollars as Donald Trump takes office
SANTA FE, N.M. -- Leading New Mexico legislators on Wednesday recommended a 5.7% general fund spending increase for the coming fiscal year that...
Florida woman charged with threatening health insurance company with 'delay, deny, depose'
LAKELAND, Fla. -- A Florida woman has been charged with threatening her health insurance provider during a phone conversation after police say she...
Words on ammo in CEO shooting echo common phrase on insurer tactics: Delay, deny, defend
A message left at the scene of a health insurance executive’s fatal shooting — “deny,” “defend” and “depose” — echoes a phrase commonly...
UnitedHealthcare CEO kept a low public profile. Then he was shot to death in New York
NEW YORK -- Brian Thompson led one of the biggest health insurers in the U.S. but was unknown to millions of people his...