medical costs

Humana joins UnitedHealth in flagging cost hit from rising surgeries – ET HealthWorld

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[ad_1] New Delhi: Humana Inc on Friday joined larger health insurer UnitedHealth in warning of a jump in medical costs this year due to higher-than-expected demand for surgeries and other medical procedures. Health insurers are seeing a rise in payouts as staffing shortages ease at hospitals and older adults covered under Medicare catch up on … Read more

UnitedHealth falls on warning of higher medical costs – ET HealthWorld

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[ad_1] Bengaluru: Shares of UnitedHealth Group fell 4 per cent before the bell on Wednesday after the health insurer warned of a spike in medical costs in the second quarter as more older adults undergo non-urgent procedures they had delayed during the pandemic. The company, at a Goldman Sachs healthcare conference, said it was seeing … Read more