Health Headlines for Monday, November 26

NY regulators approve $69B CVS-Aetna merger

Albany Times Union

New York’s Department of Financial Services announced Monday that it has approved CVS Health’s application to acquire Aetna.

Hospitals Hire Frontline Workers to Improve Care, Trim Costs

Wall Street Journal

To drive down health care costs and improve outcomes for patients with chronic illnesses, New York’s Northwell Health hospital system is training health care workers who can better relate to—and help—people from underserved and largely minority communities.

Can House Democrats really protect Obamacare?

Politico

House Democrats who swept back into power on the promise to protect people with pre-existing conditions face tough legal and political choices as they try to make good on that vow.

The state of inequality: Healthy coverage

Crain’s New York Business

The number of city residents without health insurance is lower than at any time since people began keeping track because New York has embraced the Affordable Care Act.