Health Care Reform

"Not only does this settlement hold bad actors accountable for their fraudulent activities, but Americans are safer because of it," Associate Attorney General Stanley E. Woodward Jr. said.

Hospital groups argue that paying higher drug prices before collecting rebates would strain cash flow and add more than $1 billion in annual administrative costs.

Some employers that have sent employees to HealthCare.gov and its state-based equivalents now want out.

Claim dispute arbitration awards amount to about 6% of medical spend in some regions.

The new joint venture will support senior primary care expansion and remove a provision that could require Humana to buy out its partner.

The condition already costs U.S. employers more than $245 billion per year, and prevalence is growing.