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    In this Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017, photo, Dr. Jesse Pines poses for a portrait at the George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences Clinical Learning and Simulation Skills (CLASS) Center in Washington. Pines teaches emergency medicine at the school and also does a rotation in the hospital's emergency room. A push by the insurer Anthem to limit ER visits to true emergencies worries doctors and patients who question whether they will make the right call or get stuck with a bill. “I think it’s completely unfair to patients,” said Pines. “It runs the risk of really hurting some people.” (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
    November 09, 2017 - 11:10 am

    Is it an emergency? Insurer makes patients question ER visit

    INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Alison Wrenne was making waffles for her two young children one morning when abdominal pain forced her to the floor. A neighbor who is a physician assistant urged her to go to the emergency room. Wrong decision, according to her health insurer. Wrenne was diagnosed with a...
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    November 07, 2017 - 10:37 am

    Humana cuts jobs, adds jobs elsewhere

    The health insurer Humana is cutting about 1,300 positions a couple months after starting an early retirement program. A spokesman said Tuesday that the positions amount to less than 3 percent of the insurer's workforce. Those who lose jobs can apply for another position with Humana, which also has...
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    November 06, 2017 - 7:21 am

    Anthem picks former UnitedHealth executive to become CEO

    Blue Cross-Blue Shield insurer Anthem has picked a former top executive from its biggest competitor to replace Joseph Swedish as its next CEO. Anthem says Gail K. Boudreaux will start Nov. 20. Swedish will serve as executive chairman until May and then as senior advisor for a couple more years. A...
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    FILE - This Aug. 19, 2014, file photo, shows the corporate sign atop Aetna headquarters in Hartford, Conn. Aetna Inc. reports earnings Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)
    October 31, 2017 - 10:41 am

    Aetna 3Q profit soars, issues strong forecast

    Aetna trumped third-quarter earnings expectations and raised its 2017 forecast again, even as the health insurer's withdrawal from the Affordable Care Act's insurance marketplaces contributed to a revenue miss. The nation's third-largest insurer balanced a 5-percent drop in revenue with a bigger...
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    FILE - This March 25, 2014, file photo shows a CVS store and pharmacy in Philadelphia. According to a Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017 report in The Wall Street Journal., the drugstore chain is in talks to buy Aetna, the nation’s third-largest insurer. Analysts say such a deal would create a health colossus that can reach deeper into the average customer’s life to manage care and cut costs. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
    October 27, 2017 - 5:24 pm

    3 reasons why CVS would want to buy health insurer Aetna

    A CVS-Aetna combination could create a health colossus that can reach deeper into the average customer's life to manage care and cut costs, according to analysts who follow the companies. Drugstore chain and pharmacy benefits manager CVS Health Corp. is in talks to buy the nation's third-largest...
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    A man takes a picture of an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Friday, Oct. 27, 2017. Shares in Asia posted strong gains early Friday, tracking the upbeat session overnight on Wall Street. Japan’s Nikkei 225 index jumped 0.9 percent to 21,945.20 as the U.S. dollar strengthened against the yen, boosting exporters’ shares. Investors are watching for U.S. GDP data. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
    October 27, 2017 - 1:55 pm

    Tech giants lead rally as stocks near records; Amazon surges

    NEW YORK (AP) — Big technology companies like Microsoft and Intel are making their biggest gains in years Friday as technology companies lead a stock market rally based on strong third-quarter reports. Amazon is surging on the back of its own results, while traditional retailers are seeing their...
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    FILE - In this July 24, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump speaks about healthcare in the Blue Room of the White House in Washington. U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria in San Francisco ruled Wednesday. Oct. 25, that the government does not have to immediately resume paying "Obamacare" health care subsidies that President Donald Trump cut off. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
    October 25, 2017 - 8:28 pm

    States lose push to force Trump to restart health subsidies

    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A U.S. judge on Wednesday rejected a request from 18 states and the District of Columbia to force the Trump administration to resume paying "Obamacare" subsidies right away and scolded the coalition for claiming health care costs would rise without federal help. State attorneys...
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    FILE - In this May 3, 2017, file photo, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra answers a question during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif. The top lawyers for 19 states will urge a federal judge Monday, Oct. 23, 2017, to force President Donald Trump's administration to pay health care subsidies he abruptly cut off earlier this month. State attorneys general, led by Becerra, argue the monthly payments are required under former President Barack Obama's health care law, and cutting them off will harm consumers. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
    October 23, 2017 - 9:17 pm

    Judge: Trump's health care cuts don't pose immediate threat

    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge on Monday hammered an attorney for California over the state's push for a court order immediately reinstating "Obamacare" subsidies cut off by the Trump administration, saying California and other states had protected consumers from the loss of the funding. U.S...
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    October 23, 2017 - 8:11 am

    Insurer Aetna unloads group life, disability for $1.45B

    Aetna, the nation's third-largest health insurer, is selling its domestic group life and disability businesses for $1.45 billion to Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Co. Aetna says the cash deal also includes its absence management business and should close next month. Health insurance is...
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    President Donald Trump applauds members of the audience before speaking at the Heritage Foundation's annual President's Club meeting, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017 in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
    October 18, 2017 - 9:23 pm

    The Latest: Senators vow to keep pushing insurance plan

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump and health care legislation (all times local): 9 p.m. The authors of a bipartisan plan to calm health insurance markets say they'll push the proposal forward, even as President Donald Trump's stance has changed from supportive to disdainful to...
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