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UnitedHealthcare will reenter the Affordable Care Act fold in 2022 as it will expand its offerings into seven states.

Leadville, Colo.-based St. Vincent Health plans to open its $26 million replacement hospital in Leadville on Sept. 8. 

Raleigh, N.C.-based UNC Rex Healthcare will delay opening its new hospital in Holly Springs, N.C., as the health system manages a COVID-19 surge, according to The News & Observer. 

The following health systems have opened hospitals, advanced proposals to build them or announced plans for them since Aug. 1. 

The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics' plan to build a $230 million hospital received a key approval from a state council Aug. 31 despite mounting opposition, according to The Gazette. 

Below are six hospitals or health systems that purchased or announced plans to buy land or properties for expansions in the last month. 

Falls Church, Va.-based Inova Health System has filed plans with county officials to build a new inpatient hospital and outpatient center in Springfield, Va., The Washington Business Journal reported Aug. 31.

The opening of Cleveland Clinic's 184-bed hospital in London may create a glut of private beds in the city, according to an analyst who spoke to The Wall Street Journal.

The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics' plan to build a $230 million hospital is gaining opposition as an Iowa health facilities council prepares to vote on the project this week, The Gazette reported Aug. 30. 

The costs to get the U.S. Veterans Affairs medical complex in Aurora, Colo., open and operating have grown by $40 million over the past three years, bringing the total tab to more than $2 billion and putting the 11-building hospital…