House Democratic leaders announced plans to use savings from their government drug price negotiation bill to expand Medicare benefits and fund other healthcare priorities.

During CommonSpirit Health's first-quarter 2020 investor call, analysts pressured executives to explain when the health system would make progress on its $2 billion savings goal, half of which is expected to come from merger synergies.

More than 1,000 employers, insurers, unions and other organizations on Thursday urged Senate leaders to scrap a controversial tax on expensive employer-sponsored health plans that's set to go into effect in 2022.

Grand Blanc, Mich.-based McLaren Healthcare Corp. plans to acquire St. Luke's Hospital in Maumee, Ohio, a deal that would give McLaren its first hospital outside of Michigan.