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Humana Had 20 Per Cent of Its Medicare Members in Four-Star Plans. Next Year It Will Have 95 Per Cent.

Humana said on Friday that 95 per cent of its Medicare Advantage members are in plans rated four stars or higher for 2027, up from 20 per cent this year. Four stars is the threshold for federal bonus payments. The shares jumped about 15 per cent. Analysts expect UnitedHealth and CVS to go the other way.

By Cory Chamberlain 3 hours ago

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Health Costs Are Rising 11 Percent. Employers Will Report 8.2.

A survey of more than 1,800 employers puts the 2027 increase in health benefit costs at 8.2 percent, the steepest since 2003. That figure is what remains after the changes employers plan to make, and the largest of those changes is asking employees to pay more.

By Thomas Gutierrez September 2, 2026

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Humana Had 20 Per Cent of Its Medicare Members in Four-Star Plans. Next Year It Will Have 95 Per Cent.

Health Costs Are Rising 11 Percent. Employers Will Report 8.2.