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| Price confirmed as HHS Secretary | | | Newly elected HHS Secretary Tom Price likely will spend his first few days focusing on efforts to stabilize the individual health insurance market as Republicans work to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. |
| Safety net hospitals could lose $40 billion if ACA is repealed | | Thursday, February 09, 2017 11:22 AM | |
| | Hospitals that primarily serve low-income patients could collectively lose $40 billion in funding over the next decade if the Affordable Care Act is repealed and not adequately replaced, according to a new analysis by America's Essential Hospitals. |
| Anthem and Cigna likely to jockey over $1.85 billion break-up fee | | Thursday, February 09, 2017 11:17 AM | |
| | Anthem said Thursday it will appeal a federal judge's decision blocking its controversial merger with rival insurer Cigna. But it's unclear if Cigna will sign on to that plan and it's likely the two former merger partners may end up in court... |
| Humana to lay off 500 home-care workers in Ohio and Florida | | Thursday, February 09, 2017 11:11 AM | |
| | Humana will lay off about 500 employees in Ohio and Florida who work in the insurer's home healthcare division. A Humana spokeswoman said the layoffs weren't related to the insurer's recently blocked merger with Aetna. |
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