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The CEO says the company will "focus on the discipline of margin improvement over any type of premium growth."

The plaintiff hopes to represent a class of all people affected by unauthorized Optum Rx electronic fund transfers in the past year.

Most U.S. employers with health coverage offer prescription drug coverage, but employers with fewer than 50 full-time employees or full-time equivalents need not offer any coverage, let alone prescription drug coverage.

The move could cut the cost of existing brand-name drugs but hurt the supply of new drugs.

Dr. Tim Church predicted recently that GLP-1 agonists, GLP-1 /GIP agonists and similar prescription drugs will soon be as much a part of the medication infrastructure as statins or thyroid pills.

Witnesses at a Senate hearing on health care costs attacked insurer dealmaking and data access restrictions.