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Large employers can expect healthcare costs to rise by about 6 percent in 2017, according to Kaiser Health News.

U.S. District Judge John Bates set a Dec. 5 start date for a trial over the pending Aetna-Humana merger, according to Crain's Chicago Business.

Louisiana, Oklahoma and Nebraska insurance regulators formally submitted objections to a proposed federal regulation that would impact short-term health insurance, just in time for the close of the comment period on August 9.

Determining if an employer has to continue its employees' health insurance during a period of extended leave comes down to a variety of factors, the National Law Review reports. 

Universal health insurance could mitigate disparities in health outcomes between African American and white patients, according to a new study in Annals of Surgery.

Newkirk Products, an identification card provider for payers, encountered a data breach last week, according to Healthcare Finance.

On Aug. 9, the healthcare segment increased 0.6 percent in the stock market. Stock-Callers.com analyzed the following four equities.

Medicare billing data from 2012 to 2014 revealed four of the top 10 most rapidly growing Medicare services involved new devices, based on a Wall Street Journal analysis.

JAMA Internal Medicine published a study finding states that expanded Medicaid insurance to residents below a certain income threshold appeared to be healthier than residents in states that did not expand Medicaid, according to The New York Times.

Many Connecticut brokers are claiming they will leave the Affordable Care Act state exchange if the state's two carriers – Anthem and ConnectiCare – get rid of broker commission next year, according to the ct mirror.