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Following the Change Healthcare cyberattack, UnitedHealth Group has announced that it has advanced payments to address bottlenecks in the payments system and it will start releasing new medical claims software this week.

The escalating warfare over pricing, which stems from hospital price transparency regulations that have allowed hospitals to compare reimbursement rates with one another, can leave patients without continuity of coverage.

The National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions, which represents large employers that purchase health coverage, identifies and debunks top hospital inaccuracies around high, rapidly rising, prices, in a new report.

The relief for 78,000 Americans is made possible through regulatory changes at the Education Department that make it easier for borrowers to qualify for forgiveness, bringing the president's student loan forgiveness total to $144 billion.

The lack of representation of women in leadership positions and disparities in pay are no longer acceptable.

President Biden's new executive order, which includes $200 million for research at the National Institutes of Health, directs federal agencies to explore ways to develop new resources to guide women on prevention and treatment.