The preliminary numbers include about 28,000 excess deaths not classified as involving COVID-19.

Change Healthcare offers health care providers financial analysis and management systems along with billing and collections services.

The acquisition will merge behavioral health care programs of both firms covering 41 million people.

EHealth says its customers are paying about 6% more per month for coverage.

The package also includes a surprise billing section that concerns America's Health Insurance Plans.

Federal pandemic trackers are putting localized threat data in a new series of public reports.

Statistics for 2019 show hospitals were the big winners vs. five other categories of health care spending.

Many other states with locally run exchanges have set deadlines after Dec. 15, or have extended their deadlines.