Adding a public health insurance option to the current healthcare system is currently more popular among voters than "Medicare for All," but the next round of Democratic presidential debates could change that, the latest Kaiser Family Foundation Health Tracking Poll suggests.

UnitedHealth Group is expanding its supplemental health plan business with its recent acquisition of a Texas-based company, according to the Star Tribune.

Aetna reversed its coverage policy for a one-time treatment of spinal muscular atrophy weeks after UnitedHealthcare made a similar move, according to Business Insider.

Achieving successful payer-provider relationships is increasingly important for hospitals and health systems as they negotiate value-based care contracts.

Humana filed a lawsuit against St. Jude Medical, a subsidiary of Abbott, in an effort to recoup payments it made for the devicemaker's recalled cardiac rhythm management devices, according to Mass Device.

States won't be granted funding to partially expand their Medicaid programs under the ACA as the law's constitutionality remains in question, according to The Washington Post. 

Eric Feldstein, CFO of Health Care Service Corp., is resigning from his position days after the health insurer's CEO stepped down.

Minnesota hospitals are questioning Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota's competence as the insurer imposes new limits on care, according to the Star Tribune.

North Carolina hospitals should sign a contract with the state's health plan, state employees urged in a personalized public relations campaign, according to the Winston-Salem Journal.

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The CEO of the University of Alabama at Birmingham Health System criticized UnitedHealthcare's profits amid tense contract negotiations between the two organizations, according to local news station WBRC.

Anthem recorded total medical enrollment of 40.9 million as of June 30, according to a recent earnings release. 

UnitedHealth Group's health insurance arm, UnitedHealthcare, recorded a total medical enrollment of 49.5 million as of June 30, according to recent financial documents.

Providing home-delivered meals to Medicare beneficiaries could save the program $158 million in hospital readmission bills, according to a recent study from the Bipartisan Policy Center. 

A recent study published in The New England Journal of Medicine found Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts' global budget payments slowed down spending growth while improving healthcare quality — achieving what BCBS of Massachusetts' CEO referred to as the "holy grail in healthcare": higher quality at a lower cost.

San Francisco's health network — which includes Zuckerberg San Francisco General — finalized its first contract with a private health plan, according to Mission Local.

New York City-based Memorial Sloan Kettering and Cigna signed a value-based agreement under which Memorial Sloan will share savings with Cigna if cost and quality targets are hit, according to Crain's New York Business.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma and Oklahoma City-based Integris Health inked a five-year agreement centered on value-based payments.

Bright Health, a health insurer based in Minneapolis, will expand to 13 new markets in 2020, growing its product offerings by 300 percent year over year.

Anthem's shares fell in premarket trading July 24 as the health insurer missed estimates on its medical cost ratio, which measures how much revenue goes toward members' medical claims, according to Barron's.