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Insurers have been experiencing a short-term increase in profits and are passing those savings back.
Leaders of both companies called it the right thing to do to help alleviate financial stress for their members.
With the debut of the policies, Idaho has gone further than any other state in loosening requirements imposed by the ACA.
The details will be determined during a rulemaking process that lets industry and other stakeholders weigh in.
UnitedHealth will add DaVita's medical clinics to the 35,000 physicians who already work for its Optum unit.
Health-care providers “are trying to extend beyond their physical geographic reach to one that's more a virtual geographic reach.”
The report is likely to give both opponents and supporters of Medicare for All ammunition.
The federal trust fund that finances Medicare is projected to run out in 2026.
UnitedHealth fell 3 percent at 10:30 a.m. in New York. Its competitor Anthem was down 4.8 percent, and Cigna slid 3.1 percent.
The insurer, which covers almost 50 million people, said the proposals amount to a “wholesale disruption of American health care.”