Health
Insurance Stocks Soar on Boost to Medicare Reimbursement Rates (Connecting the Dots: America's Health Insurance Plans,
The Center for American Progress & Soros Funding, All Networking)
Newsmax.com
Tuesday,
08 April 2025 07:38 AM EDT
(Kristoffer
Tripplaar/AP)
https://www.newsmax.com/finance/streettalk/health-insurance-stocks/2025/04/08/id/1206059/
Shares
of U.S. health insurers
jumped on Tuesday after a bigger-than-expected increase in the government's
reimbursement rates for Medicare Advantage plans in 2026 signaled some relief
for a sector burdened with steep medical costs.
Shares
of Medicare-focused
insurer Humana
led gains with a nearly 15% jump in premarket trading, while other health
insurers including UnitedHealth Group,
Centene and CVS Health
advanced between 5% and 9%.
The
5.06% average increase, roughly double of what was proposed by the government
in January, could help profit margins in the sector after a post-COVID surge in demand for medical
procedures drove up costs.
The
"best-case scenario" rates, coupled with rising tariff risk, make
health insurance stocks a strong relative safe haven, Baird Research analysts
said in a note to clients.
Some
health insurance stocks have performed well despite a recent market rout
triggered by escalating worries over a trade war. Centene and Molina
Healthcare notched
gains last week, when broader markets plunged after President Donald Trump's
tariff announcement.
The
rate the U.S. government pays to private health insurers to manage Medicare for
people aged 65 and older or with disabilities influences the monthly premiums
these companies charge, the plan benefits they offer and, ultimately, their
profits.
The Centers
for Medicare & Medicaid Services had
earlier proposed a 2.2% increase in 2026 payments. Last year, the government
announced a 0.2% decline in the reimbursement rates for 2025.
The
agency said the rate change mainly accounts for additional data on rising costs
for insurers, including payment data through the fourth quarter of 2024.
Health insurance stocks
had a rough 2024 with most companies ending the year in the red due to low
government payments, high medical costs and public backlash against the sector
after the murder of a UnitedHealth executive.
Connecting
the Dots:
Center
for American Progress was a funder for America's Health
Insurance Plans and the CVS Caremark Corporation.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Center
for American Progress.
George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open
Society Foundations, was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote
Open Society and a supporter for the Center for American Progress.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Center
for American Progress.
Center
for American Progress (think tank) was a funder for America's
Health Insurance Plans.
Scott Armstrong is
a director at the America's Health Insurance Plans, a member of
the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission and the president
& CEO for the Group Health Cooperative.
Michael B.
McCallister is a director at the America's Health Insurance
Plans and the chairman for Humana Inc.
J. Mario Molina is
a director at the America's Health Insurance Plans and the
chairman & president & CEO for the Molina Healthcare Inc.
Jeannine M. Rivet was
a director at the America's Health Insurance Plans and is the
EVP for the UnitedHealth Group Inc.
Gail K. Boudreaux is
a director at the America's Health Insurance Plans and the EVP
for the UnitedHealth Group Inc.
Lewis G. Sandy was
a director at the America's Health Insurance Plans and is the
SVP for the UnitedHealth Group Inc.
Tom Daschle was
an adviser for the UnitedHealth Group Inc., the nominee for health
and human services secretary for the Barack Obama administration and
a director at the Center for American Progress (think tank).
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Center
for American Progress (think tank).
George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open
Society Foundations, was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote
Open Society and a supporter for the Center for American
Progress (think tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder
for the Center for American Progress (think tank).
Center
for American Progress was a funder for America's Health
Insurance Plans and the CVS Caremark Corporation.
Richard A. Barasch is a director at the America's Health
Insurance Plans and the chairman & president & CEO for
the Universal American Corporation.
Mark T. Bertolini is a director at the America's Health
Insurance Plans and the chairman & president & CEO for Aetna
Inc.
Bruce G. Bodaken is
a director at the America's Health Insurance Plans and was the
chairman & president & CEO for the Blue Shield of California.
Mary K. Brainerd is a director at the America's Health
Insurance Plans and the president & CEO for HealthPartners
Inc.
Angela F. Braly is
a director at the America's Health Insurance Plans and was the
president & CEO for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Missouri.
William M.
Cameron is a director at the America's Health Insurance Plans and
the chairman & CEO for American Fidelity Assurance.
James G. Carlson is
a director at the America's Health Insurance Plans and was the
chairman & president & CEO for the Amerigroup Corporation.
David M. Cordani is
a director at the America's Health Insurance Plans and the
president & CEO for the CIGNA Corporation.
Michael W. Cropp is
a director at the America's Health Insurance Plans and the
president & CEO for Independent Health.
Michael M. Dudley is
a director at the America's Health Insurance Plans and the
president for Sentara Health Plans Inc.
Mark B. Ganz is
a director at the America's Health Insurance Plans and the
president & CEO for Cambia Health Solutions, Inc.
Jay M. Gellert is
a director at the America's Health Insurance Plans and the
president & CEO for Health Net, Inc.
Vicky B. Gregg is
a director at the America's Health Insurance Plans and the
president & CEO for the BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee.
Patricia
A. Hemingway Hall is a director at the America's Health
Insurance Plans and the president & CEO for the Health
Care Service Corporation.
George C.
Halvorson is a director at the America's Health Insurance
Plans and the chairman for Kaiser Permanente.
Daniel J.
Hilferty III is a director at the America's Health Insurance
Plans and the president & CEO for Independence Blue Cross.
Daniel J. Houston is
a director at the America's Health Insurance Plans and was a
director at Catalyst Health Solutions.
Kevin P. McCarthy is
a director at the America's Health Insurance Plans and the EVP
for the Unum Group.
Daniel P. Neary is a director at the America's Health
Insurance Plans and the chairman & CEO for Mutual of Omaha.
Robert A. Reed is
a director at the America's Health Insurance Plans and the
president & CEO for the Physicians Mutual Insurance Company.
James Roosevelt
Jr. is a director at the America's Health Insurance Plans and
the president & CEO for the Tufts Health Plan.
Eric H. Schultz is
a director at the America's Health Insurance Plans and the
president & CEO for the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care.
Charles D.
Baker Jr. was a director at the America's Health Insurance
Plans and is the president & CEO for the Harvard Pilgrim
Health Care.
Anthony L. Watson is
a director at the America's Health Insurance Plans and the
chairman & CEO for the HIP Health Plan of New York.
Debbie J. Ahl was
a director at the America's Health Insurance Plans and is the
president & CEO for the Sterling Life Insurance Company.
K. Rone Baldwin was
a director at the America's Health Insurance Plans and is the
EVP & COO for the Guardian Life Insurance Company of America.
Christy W. Bell was
a director at the America's Health Insurance Plans and is the
EVP for the Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey.
Frank J.
Branchini was a director at the America's Health Insurance
Plans, is the president & COO for Emblem Health and
the CEO for Group Health Inc.
Benjamin M.
Cutler was a director at the America's Health Insurance Plans and
is the chairman & CEO for USHEALTH Group Inc.
Joseph A. Frick was
a director at the America's Health Insurance Plans and is the
vice chairman for Independence Blue Cross.
H. Edward Hanway was
a director at the America's Health Insurance Plans and the
chairman & CEO & president for the CIGNA Corporation.
Robert I. Lufrano was
a director at the America's Health Insurance Plans and the CEO
for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida.
Frederick J.
Manning was a director at the America's Health Insurance Plans and
is the chairman & CEO for the Celtic Insurance Company.
David M.
McDonough was a director at the America's Health Insurance
Plans and is the president & CEO for the Trustmark
Insurance Company.
Adrienne Morrell was
a lobbyist at the America's Health Insurance Plans and is a
lobbyist for Health Net, Inc.
Ronald A. Williams was
a director at the America's Health Insurance Plans and the
chairman for the Emergency Medical Services Corp.
Center
for American Progress was a funder for America's Health
Insurance Plans and the CVS Caremark Corporation.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Center
for American Progress.
George
Soros is the founder & chairman for
the Open Society Foundations, was the chairman for the Foundation
to Promote Open Society and
a supporter for the Center for American Progress.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Center
for American Progress and the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Akin,
Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP was the lobby firm for the Center
for American Progress (think tank), the America's
Health Insurance Plans and Johnson & Johnson (Vaccine
Manufacturer for the China Virus).
Vernon E. Jordan
Jr. is a senior counsel for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer &
Feld,
an
honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and
married to Ann Dibble Jordan.
Ann Dibble Jordan is an honorary trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank), married to Vernon E. Jordan Jr.
and was a director at Johnson & Johnson (Vaccine
Manufacturer for the China Virus).
Charles O.
Prince III was a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think
tank) and is a director at Johnson & Johnson (Vaccine
Manufacturer for the China Virus).
Mark B. McClellan is
a director at Johnson & Johnson (Vaccine Manufacturer
for the China Virus), was a commissioner for the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) and a senior fellow at the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society.
Suzanne Nora Johnson is a trustee at the Brookings Institution
(think tank) and a director at Pfizer Inc. (Vaccine
Manufacturer for the China Virus).
Amy W. Schulman is
a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and the
EVP & general counsel for Pfizer Inc. (Vaccine
Manufacturer for the China Virus).
Sidley Austin
LLP was a lobby firm for Pfizer Inc. (Vaccine
Manufacturer for the China Virus).
Michelle Obama was
a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.
Barack Obama was
an intern at Sidley Austin LLP, the president for the Barack
Obama Administration and Obamacare is his signature policy
initiative.
Obamacare is Barack
Obama’s signature policy
initiative.
CGI Group Inc. was
the Obamacare contractor that developed Healthcare.gov
web site.
Donna S. Morea was
the EVP for the CGI Group Inc. and a trustee at the Committee
for Economic Development.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Committee
for Economic Development and the Center for American Progress.
George Soros was
the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, a
supporter for the Center for American Progress and is the founder
& chairman for the Open Society Foundations.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Center
for American Progress.
Center
for American Progress was a funder for America's Health
Insurance Plans and the CVS Caremark Corporation.
Apple Inc. was a funder for the Center for American Progress.
AT&T Inc. was
a funder for the Center for American Progress.
Bank of
America Corp. was a funder for the Center for American
Progress.
BMW of
North America LLC was a funder for the Center for American
Progress.
Citigroup Inc. was
a funder for the Center for American Progress.
Coca-Cola
Company was a funder for the Center for American Progress.
Facebook was a
funder for the Center for American Progress.
General
Electric Company was a funder for the Center for American
Progress.
Goldman
Sachs Group Inc. (Bailout Company) was a funder for the Center
for American Progress.
Motion
Picture Association of America was a funder for the Center for
American Progress.
PepsiCo, Inc. was
a funder for the Center for American Progress.
PG&E
Corporation was a funder for the Center for American Progress.
Samsung
Electronics Co. was a funder for the Center for American
Progress.
Time Warner Inc. was
a funder for the Center for American Progress.
T-Mobile USA,
Inc. was a funder for the Center for American Progress.
Toyota
Motor North America was a funder for the Center for American
Progress.
Visa Inc. was a
funder for the Center for American Progress.
Wal-Mart
Stores Inc. was a funder for the Center for American Progress.
Wells Fargo &
Co. was a funder for the Center for American Progress.
Carol M. Browner is
a director, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, and
was the energy czar for the Barack Obama Administration.
Tom Daschle is
a director at the Center for American Progress, was the nominee for
health and human services secretary for the Barack Obama Administration.
Ezekiel Emanuel is
a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and was the
health care policy adviser for the Barack Obama Administration.
Lawrence H.
Summers is a distinguished fellow at the Center for American
Progress and was the National Economic Council chairman for the Barack
Obama Administration.
Cassandra Q. Butts was
the SVP for the Center for American Progress and the deputy White
House counsel for the Barack Obama Administration.
Philip J. Crowley was
the director of homeland security at the Center for American Progress
and the assistant secretary of state for the Barack Obama Administration.
Derek Douglas was
an associate director of economic policy at the Center for American
Progress and a special assistant for urban affairs for the Barack
Obama Administration.
Bradley J. Kiley was
a VP for the Center for American Progress, and the director of
management and administration for the Barack Obama Administration.
Karen Kornbluh was
a visiting scholar at the Center for American Progress and a policy
director for Barack Obama.
Jeanne Lambrew was
a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and is the
deputy assistant to the president for health policy for the Barack
Obama Administration.
Denis McDonough was
a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and is the
chief of staff; former deputy national security adviser for the Barack
Obama Administration.
Esther M.
Olavarria was the director of immigration policy at the Center
for American Progress and is the deputy assistant secretary at the U.S.
Department of Homeland Security for the Barack Obama Administration.
Dan Restrepo was
the Americas Project director at the Center for American Progress
and a special assistant to the president for the Barack Obama Administration.
Gene B. Sperling was
a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and is the
assistant to the president for economic policy for the Barack Obama Administration.
Todd Stern was
a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and is the
special envoy for climate change at the U.S. Department of State for
the Barack Obama Administration.
Melody C. Barnes was
the EVP for the Center for American Progress, the domestic policy
council, director for the Barack Obama Administration and is Barack
Obama’s golf partner.
Jose H.
Villarreal is a director at the Center for American Progress
and a senior adviser at the Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP.
Akin,
Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP was a funder for the Center
for American Progress,
Vernon E. Jordan
Jr. is a senior counsel for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer &
Feld, LLP, Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle, an honorary trustee at
the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Akin,
Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP was the lobby firm for the Center
for American Progress (think tank), the America's Health Insurance
Plans and Johnson & Johnson (Vaccine
Manufacturer for the China Virus).
Center
for American Progress was a funder for America's Health
Insurance Plans and the CVS Caremark Corporation.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Center
for American Progress.
George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open
Society Foundations, was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote
Open Society and a supporter for the Center for American Progress.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Center
for American Progress.
Center
for American Progress (think tank) was a funder for America's
Health Insurance Plans.
Scott Armstrong is
a director at the America's Health Insurance Plans, a member of
the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission and the president
& CEO for the Group Health Cooperative.
Michael B.
McCallister is a director at the America's Health Insurance
Plans and the chairman for Humana Inc.
J. Mario Molina is
a director at the America's Health Insurance Plans and the
chairman & president & CEO for the Molina Healthcare Inc.
Jeannine M. Rivet was
a director at the America's Health Insurance Plans and is the
EVP for the UnitedHealth Group Inc.
Gail K. Boudreaux is
a director at the America's Health Insurance Plans and the EVP
for the UnitedHealth Group Inc.
Lewis G. Sandy was
a director at the America's Health Insurance Plans and is the
SVP for the UnitedHealth Group Inc.
Tom Daschle was
an adviser for the UnitedHealth Group Inc., the nominee for health
and human services secretary for the Barack Obama administration and
a director at the Center for American Progress (think tank).
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Center
for American Progress (think tank).
George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open
Society Foundations, was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote
Open Society and a supporter for the Center for American
Progress (think tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Center
for American Progress (think tank).
Center
for American Progress was a funder for America's Health
Insurance Plans and the CVS Caremark Corporation.
Donald M. Berwick was
an administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and
is a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress.
Morton H. Halperin was
a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, is Mark
Halperin’s father and a senior adviser for the Open Society
Foundations.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Center
for American Progress.
George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open
Society Foundations, was the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society, a supporter for the Center for American
Progress.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Center
for American Progress.
Center
for American Progress was a funder for America's
Health Insurance Plans.
Mark Halperin
is Morton H. Halperin’s son and currently a host and commentator
for Newsmax TV.
Resources:
Past Research
Who
is Involved in Your Healthcare? (Connecting the Dots: America's Health
Insurance Plans, the Center for American Progress (Think Tank), Vaccine
Manufacturer’s & the Soros Funded Think Tanks All Networking) (Past Research on Healthcare & the Center for American
Progress)
Thursday,
October 13, 2022
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2022/10/who-is-involved-in-your-healthcare.html
‘I
Had Nothing to Do With That!’ Obama Dodges Blame For Skyrocketing Premiums (Past Research on Obamacare)
Friday,
October 21, 2016
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2016/10/i-had-nothing-to-do-with-that-obama.html
CVS
renames itself CVS Health (Past Research on CVS
Health)
Wednesday,
September 3, 2014
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2014/09/cvs-renames-itself-cvs-health.html
Mark
Halperin to Newsmax: GOP Must Work Out Details on Medicaid, Tax Cuts
(Connecting the Dots: Mark Halperin, Morton H. Halperin, Open Society
Foundations, George Soros, Center for American Progress, Centers for Medicare
& Medicaid Services & Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on Mark Halperin & Morton H. Halperin)
Sunday,
March 23, 2025
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2025/03/mark-halperin-to-newsmax-gop-must-work.html