HHS Pushes States To Negotiate Lower Obamacare Rates

Some analysts who have looked at health insurers’ proposed premiums for next year predict major increases for policies sold on state and federal health exchanges.

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Anthem Nears Deal to Acquire Cigna for $48 Billion

Anthem Inc. is nearing a deal to buy Cigna Corp. for more than $48 billion in a transaction that, alongside another recent proposed tie-up of rivals, would reduce the number of companies atop the U.S. health-insurance industry to three from five.

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Surprise! That Urgent Care Center May Send You A Big Bill (Just Like The ER)

Sallyann Johnson considers herself a pretty savvy health care consumer. When she fell and injured her hands and wrists, she didn’t head for an expensive emergency room, choosing an urgent care clinic near her Milwaukee home instead.

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UCLA Hack Q&A: What You Need to Know

Up to 4.5 million people may have had their medical information stolen in a recent cyberattack on the UCLA Health System.

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This $153,000 Rattlesnake Bite is Everything Wrong with American Health Care

Earlier this month a guy named Todd Fassler was bitten by a rattlesnake in San Diego, KGTV San Diego reports. In itself this isn't terribly unusual — the CDC estimates that roughly 7,000 to 8,000 people a year get bitten by a venomous snake in the United States.

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Feds Say 7.5M Paid An Average Penalty Of $200 For Not Having Health Insurance

About 7.5 million Americans paid an average penalty of $200 for not having health insurance in 2014 — the first year most Americans were required to have coverage under the Affordable Care Act, the Internal Revenue Service said Tuesday.

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