Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sally Pipes is a scholar and think tank CEO who writes on health care. In health policy, there's nothing quite as opaque as ...

The health care industry is among the most carbon-intensive service sectors in the industrialized world. 1 It is responsible for 4.4–4.6 percent of worldwide greenhouse gas emissions and similar ...

UnitedHealth added 800,000 Medicare Advantage members in Q1 FY 2025. Click here to find out why UNH stock is a Buy.

Everyone I know who came to work in health care did so because they wanted to help others — and yes, even at United. And many now experience the moral injury that comes from being unable to do ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday mandating price transparency in some health care costs, calling it "one of the biggest things that can happen to reducing costs in ...

NEW THIS AFTERNOON, BON SECOURS HEALTH SYSTEM SAYS IT IS NEGOTIATING WITH UNITED HEALTH CARE. THE MOST CURRENT CONTRACT IS SET TO EXPIRE JULY 1ST. OUR NIGEL ROBERTSON JOINING US NOW IN STUDIO WITH ...

The company and other insurers have faced backlash from patients who say they were denied necessary care and providers say ...

The Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) dropped 2.5% by midday, flirting with its lowest level in more than a year and a half. That compares with a 1% gain in the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY ...

The health care sector has long been considered a defensive sector, alongside utilities and consumer staples. But honestly, that designation might do health care stocks a disservice. Yes ...

Its stock price fell 6 percent, a tough day on Wall Street for the largest private health insurer in the United States ... point about the American health care industry. That signal is ...

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet looks on after delivering a speech on global human rights developments during a session of the Human Rights Council on June 21 ...