Tag: Healthcare

UnitedHealth said Tuesday that it will lose more money in its Obamacare marketplaces due to high costs. It already projected about $600 million in losses in Obamacare this year. UnitedHealth has more than 800,000 enrollees in the marketplaces. (Mike Bradley/Bloomberg)

UnitedHealth posts more Obamacare losses

Robert King · July 19, 2016 1:21 pm

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Jason Russell · July 19, 2016 11:11 am

Of the five biggest insurers in the U.S., two announced they would exit part of the Obamacare marketplaces. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)

UnitedHealth pulls out of Obamacare in California

Robert King · May 31, 2016 8:54 pm

Kirk: VA wait times ‘nothing compared to a day at Disneyland’

Sarah Bedford · May 23, 2016 12:52 pm

UnitedHealth, which had plans in 34 states, lost a reported $425 million last year due to its involvement in the Obamacare market, and the company projected an estimated loss of $650 million for 2016. (Mike Bradley/Bloomberg)

Press ignores major insurer’s exit from Obamacare

Becket Adams · April 20, 2016 7:16 pm

Obamacare, as constructed, attempted to fix a dysfunctional health care payment system by creating an even more complicated system on top of it, filled with subsidies, coverage mandates, and other artificial government incentives. The result has been a system that plucked Americans out of coverage they like and forced them to pay more for less. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

Conservatives vindicated by Obamacare’s mounting failures

Washington Examiner · April 20, 2016 4:01 am

UnitedHealth says it will pull out of marketplaces in Connecticut and Pennsylvania. (Mike Bradley/Bloomberg)

UnitedHealth leaves more Obamacare states

Robert King · April 19, 2016 11:09 pm

America’s biggest health insurer UnitedHealth bails on Obamacare, citing big losses

America’s biggest health insurer UnitedHealth bails on Obamacare, citing big losses

Robert King · April 19, 2016 1:03 pm

A new analysis found that if UnitedHealth exited from Obamacare premiums could rise as much as $100. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

Study: UnitedHealth’s Obamacare exit would lead to higher premiums

Robert King · April 18, 2016 3:53 pm

The study, released Thursday, looked at a random sampling of short-term inpatient care records and concluded that one-third of the stays were inappropriately billed. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

HHS watchdog: One-third of Medicare hospice claims were improper

Anna Giaritelli · March 31, 2016 11:07 pm

WHO reticent to confirm Zika-birth defect link

Robert King · March 5, 2016 12:01 am

A writer at the liberalÂ Mother JonesÂ defended Obamacare by pointing out that UnitedHealth is fighting to save the law. (AP Photo)Â

UnitedHealth lost $720 million last year in Obamacare

Robert King · January 19, 2016 4:10 pm