TOM MURPHY

March 25, 2020 at 7:01 am

Aetna waives patient payments for coronavirus hospital stays

One of the nation’s biggest health insures is waiving patient payments for hospital stays tied to the coronavirus. CVS Health’s insurer Aetna said Wednesday that...

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March 21, 2020 at 3:10 am

Telemedicine emerges as care option during COVID-19 outbreak

Virtual care has long been touted as a way to get help quickly instead of waiting days to see a doctor, yet Americans have been...

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March 15, 2020 at 7:00 am

Insurers weigh future filled with pricey drugs, coronavirus

If your doctor wants to prescribe an extremely expensive drug, expect your insurer to look hard first at whether it works before agreeing to pay....

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March 5, 2020 at 11:49 am

Insurers will cover virus tests, but check if costs apply

WASHINGTON (AP) — A day after Vice President Mike Pence assured Americans that lab tests for coronavirus would be covered by private and government health...

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February 12, 2020 at 4:16 am

CVS Health swings to 4Q profit, lays out leadership changes

CVS Health swung to a fourth-quarter profit and is starting the new year with a management shakeup for its largest business. The company will replace...

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February 11, 2020 at 9:01 pm

US survey finds smaller decline in medical bill worries

The proportion of people in families struggling to pay medical bills is down, but the number isn't dropping like it used to, according to a...

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February 9, 2020 at 5:31 am

Confronting fresh health-insurance deductibles

The new year can start harshly for people with high-deductible health insurance. Patient advocates see several ways to get relief. Here are some examples.

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January 29, 2020 at 6:17 am

Insurer Anthem underwhelms Wall Street with 2020 forecast

Anthem is starting the new year by forecasting earnings that could miss expectations even after the health insurer books gains from a new business. The...

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January 15, 2020 at 3:20 am

Another strong UnitedHealth quarter, 2019 profit at $13.84B

UnitedHealth’s fourth-quarter net income surged 16%, and investors shrugged off a rare revenue miss to make the nation’s largest health insurer one of the biggest...

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January 8, 2020 at 5:39 am

Walgreens begins 2020 much as it ended 2019, on a sour note

Walgreens is kicking off its year much as it ended its last, with a big earnings plunge. First-quarter net income tumbled about 25% as the...

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