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MARCH 7, 2025

UnitedHealth Group, the largest health care company in the U.S.,   The sprawling conglomerate — which owns a major health insurance company, physician practices, a pharmacy benefit manager, and numerous other firms — acquired or created more than 250 subsidiaries in 2024.

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STAT

JULY 10, 2024

The federal government will not modify regulations that dictate how hospitals publish their prices for consumers, ignoring pleas from patient advocates who have said hospitals still are not fully complying with the 3-year-old law. The Biden administration on Wednesday proposed an annual rule that sets payment rates for hospitals.

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The Checkup by Singlecare

DECEMBER 26, 2023

To fix this issue, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) introduced a new hospital price transparency rule that went into effect on January 1, 2021. The ruling requires hospitals to publish their pricing in a consumer-friendly format. In the United States, healthcare pricing isn’t often straightforward.

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