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The U.S.’s biggest health insurer, UnitedHealth Group Inc., will buy Surgical Care Affiliates Inc. for about $2.3 billion, further diversifying by adding an outpatient surgery chain.
January 9 -
Affordable Care Act sign-ups for 2017 coverage rose about 2.3% from the same time last year, as efforts to repeal President Barack Obama’s health care reform begin in Congress.
January 5 -
Facing a years-long wait before they can fully implement a planned repeal of the Affordable Care Act, Republicans lawmakers are exploring how the Trump administration can quickly trim required health insurance benefits under the law and lower the cost of health plans.
By Anna EdneyDecember 23 -
More than 4 million people picked ACA plans in the 39 states that use the federal HealthCare.gov marketplace in the first six weeks of the 2017 sign-up period.
December 14 -
Obama suggested areas of the health law to keep during Trump's Thursday meeting with the President.
November 11 -
President-elect Donald Trump outlined some pieces of his healthcare program, largely following ideas he laid out during his campaign, from a repeal of Obamacare, his predecessor’s signature health law, to language indicating opposition to abortion.
November 10 -
Individuals signing up for plans this year are facing not only rising premiums, but also fewer options to choose from after several big insurers pulled out from some of the markets created under the Affordable Care Act.
October 25 -
Company is the first major U.S. health insurer to post third-quarter results, and investors will use the results as a barometer for the rest of the industry.
October 18 -
A growing number of people in the Affordable Care Act are finding out their health insurance plans will disappear from the program next year, forcing them to find new coverage even as options shrink and prices rise.
October 14 -
Letters and e-mails between the two companies may become evidence in the Justice Department’s lawsuit seeking to halt the $48 billion.
October 7