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Although inflation is showing signs of cooling down and the Fed indicated a slower pace of interest rate hikes, recession fears loom. Thanks to the resilient demand for its products and services, the healthcare industry is expected to survive a challenging macroeconomic environment better than many industries. Thus, it could…

The top Medicaid contractor in Illinois isn’t getting it done.

A nearly $370 million contract promised to improve health care for state wards. But, for two years, Centene’s YouthCare program fell short on basic care, leaving foster parents scrambling.

The market rally was volatile but ultimately rallied broadly. Amazon, Meta, Google and Microsoft sold off on earnings, as Apple jumped on results.

In 10 months, she has made more than $500,000 from a lobbyist, Democratic groups that don’t disclose their contributors and political and labor groups. She’s now running for Congress.

The Illinois Department of Insurance is fining health insurer Celtic Insurance Co. $1.25 million for allegedly failing to cover mental health and addiction at the same levels as other medical issues.

UnitedHealth earnings beat, led by Optum Health, as the Dow Jones giant kicks off health insurers' results. UNH stock rose Friday.

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Almost 2 million of California’s poorest and most medically fragile residents may have to switch health insurers as a result of a new strategy by the state to improve care in its Medicaid program.

Health insurance giant Centene Corp. has agreed to pay $165.6 million to Texas to resolve claims that it overcharged the state’s Medicaid program for pharmacy services.

Neurocrine Biosciences leads five medical stocks near key support levels as the health care sector shows resilience in a sickly market.