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Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.s new CEO announced plans to slash 25 percent of the Israeli companys 56,000-strong workforce, suspend dividends and forgo employee bonuses

Employers believe that the CVS-Aetna merger and other potential M&A deals in the industry are going to impact how people access health care - and how employers design their future health care strategies.

Humana Inc. is in advanced talks with two private-equity firms to acquire Kindred Healthcare Inc. in a deal that would value the medical operator at $4 billion including debt, the Wall Street Journal reported.

The new, combined version of H.R. 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act bill, could cost life insurers about $22 billion over the period from 2018 through 2027.

The settlement agreement, details of which werent available in the filings but described as conditional, could pave the way for eventual payment of the cost-sharing reduction payments.

Centene Corp. will be allowed to resume selling health insurance plans in Washington state, three days after regulators ordered a halt, saying the company failed to cover enough doctors and other care providers.