Shares of Humana have tumbled after the health insurer said a Medicare Advantage quality rating drop will hurt future bonus payments the company receives.

Thinner benefits and coverage changes await many older Americans shopping for health insurance this fall.

CVS Health missed first-quarter expectations and chopped its 2024 outlook more than a dollar below Wall Street’s forecast.

Busy Medicare Advantage businesses have CVS Health and other insurance providers spooked about the new year.

Humana still doesn’t know why more people were admitted for short hospital stays than it expected late last year, and that is casting a shadow over health insurers early in 2024.

Shares of Humana are tumbling after the health insurer said it was still dealing with higher-than-expected care costs from its Medicare Advantage customers and it chopped earnings expectations.

Open enrollment for Medicare opens Sunday, and seniors could have dozens of options to choose from.

CVS Health topped second-quarter expectations, but the health care giant’s profit sank as pricing pressure hurt its drugstore business and rising medical costs hit the health insurance side.

UnitedHealth beat second-quarter expectations as an acquisition and more Medicare Advantage customers fueled revenue growth that balanced a jump in care use.

UnitedHealth beat first-quarter forecasts and hiked its 2023 guidance for the first time, pushed in part by more growth from its Optum care segment.

The health insurer Humana will stop providing employer-sponsored coverage as it stays focused on bigger parts of its business, like Medicare Advantage.

Big money is pouring into primary care clinics as the nation’s health care giants hunt for ways to cut costs by keeping people healthy.

The Biden administration is estimating that it could collect as much as $4.7 billion from insurance companies with newer and tougher penalties for submitting improper charges on the taxpayers’ tab for Medicare Advantage care.

The Biden administration has proposed a ban on misleading ads for Medicare Advantage plans that have targeted older Americans and, in some cases, convinced them to sign up for plans that don’t cover their doctors or prescriptions.

With Medicare’s open enrollment underway, health experts are warning older adults about an uptick in misleading marketing tactics that might lead some to sign up for Medicare Advantage plans that don’t cover their doctors or prescriptions and drive up their out-of-pocket costs.

Health insurers will flood the Medicare Advantage market again this fall with enticing offers of plans that have no monthly price tag.

UnitedHealth Group delivered a better-than-expected first quarter and raised its 2022 forecast, as growth in Medicare Advantage coverage and care delivery once again helped the health care giant.

The new Preferred Care Network, formerly Medica Healthcare, is once again making a mark in South Florida, the company said.

One of the comments that health care professionals say they hear from Medicare Advantage members is something along the lines of, “Inflation is really affecting my daily life, and I cannot afford a health care plan that is going to cost me money.”

Up until now, insurance providers have been waiving co-pays and deductibles for COVID-19 medical care, but that will soon end.

Humana is spending $5.7 billion to jump deeper into delivering care at home, a trend that took off during the pandemic and one the health insurer expects will continue to grow.

Trump chose the retirement community of about 120,000 retirees as the place to announce an executive order allowing the Department of Health and Human Services to expand Medicare Advantage, the private insurance option under Medicare. Trump promised Republicans "will always" protect patients with pre-existing conditions, and he said Medicare Advantage patients will experience less waiting times. WPLG-Local 10 NewsMedicare Advantage offers coverage of prescription drugs, dental and vision and it doesn't require "Medigap," which is separate supplemental private insurance. Critics of the plan have said the Trump administration is prioritizing private insurance companies' interests. "I think President Trump is looking out for the seniors," Raiford said.

THE VILLAGES, Fla. - Republicans at Central Florida's The Villages, a mega retirement community, welcomed President Donald Trump Thursday with cheer, as he stood in front of a "Great Healthcare For You" sign. Trump chose the retirement community as the place to announce an executive order allowing the Department of Health and Human Services to expand Medicare Advantage, the private insurance option under Medicare. Trump promised Republicans "will always" protect patients with pre-existing conditions, and he said Medicare Advantage patients will experience less waiting times. Critics of the plan have said the Trump administration is prioritizing private insurance companies' interests. "I think President Trump is looking out for the seniors," Raiford said.

THE VILLAGES - President Donald Trump chose a Florida retirement community to outline his vision for Medicare Advantage, a program for the elderly and disabled that would allow private insurers to provide benefits instead of the government. The president is scheduled to present the "Protecting Medicare from Socialist Destruction" executive order at The Villages, a mega-retirement community that covers Marion, Lake and Sumter counties, a Republican stronghold that Trump won in 2016. "Trump and his administration have worked to provide seniors with high-quality, affordable care in the Medicare program and improved options through Medicare Advantage," White House spokesman Judd Deere said in a statement. On Thursday, Trump will be the second sitting Republican president to visit The Villages. According to the Trump administration, Medicare Advantage beneficiaries will have more plan choices, with about 1,200 more plans operating in 2020 than in 2018, and its monthly plan premium is expected to decrease 14 percent to $23.00 in 2020 from an average of $26.87 in 2019.