Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Cutting Administrative Requirements for Excellence in Patient Care
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This report is about health insurers and care costs.
Directly affected
- No company is named in this report.
Indirectly affected
- XLV Health Care Select Sector SPDR
Health Care Select Sector SPDR: it holds health insurers and care providers. Linked by “medicare” (health insurers and care costs) in this story.
- IHF iShares U.S. Healthcare Providers ETF+6.8% 30d
iShares U.S. Healthcare Providers ETF: it holds health insurers and care providers. Linked by “medicare” (health insurers and care costs) in this story.
- UNH UnitedHealth Group+9.1% 30d
UnitedHealth Group (hospital and medical service plans): health insurers' costs move with medical prices and policy. Linked by “medicare” (health insurers and care costs) in this story.
- ELV Elevance Health+5.7% 30d
Elevance Health (hospital and medical service plans): health insurers' costs move with medical prices and policy. Linked by “medicare” (health insurers and care costs) in this story.
- CI The Cigna Group+11.0% 30d
The Cigna Group (hospital and medical service plans): health insurers' costs move with medical prices and policy. Linked by “medicare” (health insurers and care costs) in this story.
- CVS CVS Health-10.0% 30d
CVS Health (drug stores and proprietary stores): health insurers' costs move with medical prices and policy. Linked by “medicare” (health insurers and care costs) in this story.
Price reaction, T-5 to T+3
| Ticker | T-5 | T-3 | T-1 | T0 | T+1 | T+2 | T+3 |
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| XLVNo price data for this ticker | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| IHFNo price data for this ticker | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| UNHNo price data for this ticker | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ELVNo price data for this ticker | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| CINo price data for this ticker | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| CVSNo price data for this ticker | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Closing-price change versus T-1, the last close before the story. T0 to T+3 fill in after each market close. Prices: Alpaca IEX.
Medicare and Medicaid Programs:
Congressional trades in the stocks in this story
- Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar sold Unitedhealth Group (UNH), worth $1,001 - $15,000 on 24 Sep 2026. That is 42 days before publication. Filed 7 Oct 2026. View the filing.
- Rep. Kevin Hern sold Unitedhealth Group (UNH) (jointly held), worth $15,001 - $50,000 on 23 Sep 2026. That is 43 days before publication. Filed 13 Oct 2026. View the filing.
- Rep. Kevin Hern sold Unitedhealth Group (UNH) (jointly held), worth $15,001 - $50,000 on 10 Sep 2026. That is 56 days before publication. Filed 25 Sep 2026. View the filing.
- Rep. Rohit Khanna sold Cigna Group (CI) (held by a spouse), worth $1,001 - $15,000 on 25 Sep 2026. That is 41 days before publication. Filed 7 Oct 2026. View the filing.
- Rep. Rohit Khanna bought Cigna Group (CI) (held by a dependent child), worth $1,001 - $15,000 on 11 Sep 2026. That is 55 days before publication. Filed 7 Oct 2026. View the filing.
- Rep. Rohit Khanna bought Cigna Group (CI) (held by a spouse), worth $1,001 - $15,000 on 4 Sep 2026. That is 62 days before publication. Filed 7 Oct 2026. View the filing.
- Rep. Rohit Khanna sold Cvs Health (CVS) (held by a spouse), worth $1,001 - $15,000 on 4 Sep 2026. That is 62 days before publication. Filed 7 Oct 2026. View the filing.
- Rep. Rohit Khanna sold Cvs Health (CVS) (held by a spouse), worth $1,001 - $15,000 on 24 Aug 2026. That is 73 days before publication. Filed 4 Sep 2026. View the filing.
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