Major companies had faced mounting pressure to stop denying or stalling authorization of coverage for treatments and prescriptions.

A tiny agency responsible for overseeing these services is being dismantled as part of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s overhaul of his department.

A new survey found that 11 percent of Americans said they could not pay for medication and medical treatments.

Mr. Thompson managed a division that employs about 140,000 people and offers insurance plans to employers and individuals.

The Justice Department and four Democratic state attorneys general argued that United’s takeover would limit competition and harm consumers needing home or hospice care.

For two weeks at the 140-hospital system, doctors and nurses have had little access to digital records for patient histories, resorting to paper and faxes…

For nearly a week, people have been waylaid at pharmacies after a unit of the nation’s largest insurer was shut down by a possible ransomware…

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Especially in California, people could experience delays in appointments or test results and even have medical procedures postponed after thousands of health care workers walked…

Investigators found that major companies overseeing Medicaid patients’ health care frequently rejected doctors’ requests for approval of treatments and procedures.