Tag: Health care industry

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...

US says $365 million is available to install solar and battery storage systems in Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- The U.S. Department of Energy said Thursday that $365 million is available to install solar and battery storage...

UnitedHealthcare CEO's shooting opens a door for many to vent frustrations over insurance

For years, patients in the U.S. health care system have grown frustrated with a bureaucracy they don’t understand. Doctors are included in...

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...

Donald Trump's call for 'energy dominance' is likely to run into real-world limits

WASHINGTON -- President-elect Donald Trump is set to create a National Energy Council that he says will establish American “energy dominance” around the...