January 27, 2026
UnitedHealth Group CEO Stephen Hemsley, CVS Health Group President and CEO David Joyner, Elevance President and CEO Gail Boudreaux, Cigna Health Group President and CEO David Cordani, and Ascendiun President and CEO Paul Markovich testified at a House hearing on lowering health care costs Thursday.
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STAT+ | Health insurance execs shift blame for costly, confusing health care system

Health insurance CEOs appear before Congress, blame high cost of health care on hospitals, doctors, and prescription drugs.

By Bob Herman and Daniel Payne


STAT+ | Dozens of hospitals demand better security for patient record sharing in letter to officials

Over 60 health systems called on national health record exchanges to take action to prevent “bad actors” from accessing patients’ health information.

By Brittany Trang


STAT+ | FDA’s new ‘plausible mechanism pathway’ for personalized gene editing raises concerns

A new FDA pathway meant to enable one-time gene-editing cures is welcomed in theory but could, ethicists warn, become a Pandora's box.

By Jason Mast



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Opinion: Sidelining Black women in clinical trials is not just a moral failure. It’s bad science

Evidence for universally adopted cancer treatment guidelines is incomplete when trial participants aren't representative.

By Yehoda Martei


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