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Congress looks unable to protect patients from "surprise" medical bills before the election, despite a push from key health committee chairs and the Trump administration to include a fix in a new coronavirus relief package.

UnitedHealth Group registered more than $6.6 billion in profits in the second quarter — by far the conglomerate's highest quarterly profit ever, according to an analysis of company financial data from FactSet.

A new study offers a look at the cost of COVID-19 hospitalizations.

Leaders of the House telehealth caucus introduced legislation Thursday to permanently open up access to telehealth services for Medicare patients.

Hartford Financial Services Group has given investors a small clue hinting at what might be happening with life insurance and disability insurance claims related to COVID-19: It said it has incurred about $38 million in outbreak-related group benefits claims, before income taxes.

Few workers enrolled in high-deductible health plans are using health savings accounts to put money away to cover healthcare costs, according to a new study.

Multiple crises might be roiling the U.S. these days, but drug pricing is still on President Donald Trump's mind.

Walmart Inc. is “decisively bulking up in health care” and that’s something worth watching as the company grows out a suite of initiatives that make it a “sleeping giant to watch,” Morgan Stanley analysts warned.

The Supreme Court has all but ruled out hearing a GOP-backed challenge to Obamacare before Election Day, likely avoiding a high-stakes showdown over a lawsuit that will factor prominently into this fall's campaigns.

More than 10 million people could drop out of employer-sponsored health coverage by December thanks to job losses linked to COVID-19, a new report finds.