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Medicare Advantage, UnitedHealth

Humana, UnitedHealth plunge 20% after Trump administration proposes keeping Medicare Advantage rates flat

Shares of several big-name health-care companies plunged after the Trump administration proposed nearly flat rates for Medicare Advantage insurers.

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CMS official defends flat Medicare Advantage rate proposal for 2027

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UnitedHealth leads $80 billion insurer rout on bleak Medicare Advantage proposal

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UnitedHealth Stock Plunges 20%—Here's What's Driving the Huge Decline

UnitedHealth Group shares tumbled Tuesday after the health insurer reported disappointing earnings and the Trump administration announced Medicare rates would be effectively unchanged next year.

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UnitedHealth shares plunge as it forecasts first revenue drop in nearly four decades

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Health insurers slide after 2027 Medicare Advantage payments proposal underwhelms

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Inspector General's Report Sounds the Alarm on a Huge Medicare Advantage Plan Problem

Retirees on Medicare Advantage are missing out on crucial coverage, and their health could suffer because of it.

The Commonwealth Fund

How Risk Adjustment Affects Payment for Medicare Advantage Plans

Policymakers are exploring reforms to address shortcomings of risk adjustment that inflate Medicare Advantage payments and potentially waste taxpayer dollars.

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UnitedHealth Tanks on Medicare Rates Shock. Time to Sell the Insurance Giant?

UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH) reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 earnings this morning that fell slightly short of analyst estimates, while offering guidance for the coming year that indicated a roughly 2% decline year-over-year due to its right-sizing efforts payment increase for Medicare Advantage plans in 2027 that was far below what was anticipated.

MedPage Today

Sick of Fighting Insurers, Hospitals Offer Their Own Medicare Advantage Plans

A Health Affairs study that Rich co-authored in July found that enrollment in Advantage plans owned by hospital systems grew faster than traditional Medicare enrollment for the first time in 2023, though not as rapidly as the overall rise in sign-ups for all Advantage plans.