16+ hour, 7+ min ago  (291+ words) In 2026, higher costs along with major shifts in Affordable Care Act (ACA) coverage and Medicare will affect healthcare and health insurance affordability. Here, GoodRx, a platform for medication savings, breaks down what's changing. Anyone who needs healthcare, with or without…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (228+ words) Facing a 5 p.m. deadline, UnitedHealthcare and SSM Health reached a last-minute agreement Wednesday to extend their current insurance contract by 30 days. SSM Health had warned that failure to reach an agreement could disrupt care for more than 140,000 patients and lead to…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago  (312+ words) (CNN) " UnitedHealth Group confirmed Thursday that its Medicare program is under investigation by the US Department of Justice and that it is working with the agency. The health insurer, which has been in upheaval since the murder of one of…...

7+ mon, 5+ day ago  (253+ words) Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield and University of Missouri Health Care said Tuesday that they had reached a deal to bring about 90,000 Anthem customers back into the MU Health Care network. The terms of the deal were not disclosed in…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago  (364+ words) Monday's Missouri Senate committee hearing brought University of Missouri Health Care and Anthem to the table, but not to a solution, as both groups walked away without a clear plan to cover the health care of thousands of Mid-Missourians. In…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago  (362+ words) Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield says negotiations with MU Health Care are stalled." This comes as MU Health Care posted more than $50 million in operating gains from July 1, 2024-April 30, 2025 which includes a full month of Anthem going out of network....

7+ mon, 3+ week ago  (512+ words) (CNN) " Months after the killing of a top health insurance executive unleashed Americans" pent-up anger over denials of medical care, the industry announced Monday that it will take action to "streamline, simplify and reduce" the preapproval process. "For patients, these…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago  (155+ words) COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone Health announced in a Wednesday press release that it has signed a four-year contract with Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield in Missouri. The signing means that Boone Health will be considered in Anthem's network for four…...

10+ mon, 3+ week ago  (161+ words) A change could be on the way for locals who are customers of Missouri's biggest health insurer. MU Health Care is telling patients with Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield plans to be ready to go out-of-network at the end of…...