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UnitedHealth participates in the Affordable Care Act in 34 states, where it provides individual health plans through online exchanges for government-backed medical care coverage. The health carrier said the other day that it would exit Arkansas, Georgia and Michigan - after warning last November it might stop selling policies in...

WASHINGTON - A federal judge ruled Thursday the Federal government is unconstitutionally spending federal money to finance the president’s healthcare law. The ruling from US District Judge Rosemary Collyer is a win for House Republicans who brought the politically charged legal challenge in order to undermine what the law states....

The police union is suing the town to make changes to cops' medical health insurance plans without conferring with them, according to court papers. The new PBA suit says the alterations will drive copays up to $150 for an emergency room visit if this was once just $50. The union...

Uh-oh: Ny seems looking for a ride around the ObamaCare death spiral. Word came Wednesday that Empire State health-care insurers plan huge hikes in premiums for individual ObamaCare policies - 17.3 %, on average, but as much as 89 percent in a minumum of one case. That's going to hurt:...

The $54 billion merger between rival medical health insurance giants Anthem and Cigna is underneath the regulatory microscope - and antitrust officials can't stand what they see, sources tell The Post. Anthem and Cigna would be the 3 big American insurers serving those who are self-insured, and regulators are concerned...

Scott Flanders, the Playboy CEO at the helm when the men's mag ditched nude photos captured, is exiting Playboy Enterprises to become CEO of eHealth Inc., any adverse health insurance exchange. Ben Kohn, managing partner of Rizvi Traverse, the private equity firm that took over majority control from founder Hugh...

California's top insurance regulator on Thursday urged the feds to block Aetna's proposed $37 billion deal for rival health insurer Humana, saying the merger could hurt millions of seniors. Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones said a tie-up of these two insurance giants would reduce competition within the state's already heavily concentrated...

Anthem Inc., whose $48 billion acquisition of healthcare insurance rival Cigna has run into stiff regulatory headwinds, appears prepared to walk away from the offer, The Post has learned. Anthem Chief Financial Officer John Gallina told a group of 20 analysts earlier the Indianapolis-based company ran "remediation plans" that include...

Dear John: We are seniors - I'm 81 and she's 76 - and our premium on the long-term care policy was increased from $6,538 to $10,068 by Genworth Financial. That's an annual increase of 54 percent. We couldn't afford this increase, so we had to opt for a reduction in...

Starbucks employees had a serious jolt on Monday. Starting on Oct. 3, they're getting a 5 percent to 15 percent raise and better health insurance, plus some will get more generous stock options. Chief Executive Howard Schultz outlined those alterations in instructions to employees on Monday - but not all...