UnitedHealth Group’s health services unit, Optum, announced plans to buy the home health, hospice, and long-term acute care hospital company LHC Group for $5.4B. The Food and Drug Administration expands authorization of fourth shots of the Pfizer and Moderna COVID vaccines for adults 50 and older. And rising supply and labor costs combined with people returning for delayed care are expected to increase healthcare spending this year.
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