Business
Health insurer Centene Corp. agreed to buy managed care provider WellCare Health Plans Inc. for more than $15 billion, expanding in the market for government insurance plans just as politicians in Washington are gearing up for another Obamacare clash.
March 27, 2019
Shares of WellCare Group Inc., a Tampa, Fla.
July 2, 2004
Science & Medicine
Health: Carriers’ unwillingness to pay for experimental procedures is sending cancer sufferers, others to court. Researchers say it is also slowing medical progress.
Aug. 31, 1997
Listening to clients like Jon Snyder, you’d think Veterinary Pet Insurance Co. would have the cat and dog world on a short leash.
March 27, 1997
CVS Health Corp.’s plan to buy Aetna Inc. for $69 billion was cleared by U.S. antitrust regulators Wednesday, paving the way for the nation’s largest pharmacy chain to acquire one of the largest healthcare insurers.
Oct. 10, 2018
California
At a restaurant not far from the Capitol on Monday night, Gov.
Nov. 18, 2014
Comprehensive Care Corp., a health-care provider specializing in chronic and catastrophic diseases, said it signed three new managed-care contracts that are expected to generate a total of about $7 million in annual revenue.
Aug. 2, 1996
Technology and healthcare companies drove a broad slide in U.S. stocks Wednesday, erasing some of the market’s solid gains from Tuesday.
Dow and S&P; rebound from session lows but Nasdaq takes a hit. Oil passes $90 and gloom hovers over housing.
Oct. 26, 2007
Big changes are coming to Medicare benefits received through some private plans, so experts urge participants not to wait for enrollment season this fall to learn what they’ll need to do.
May 24, 2009