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The hottest insurer in headlines as of late due to a system failure — Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina — finished 2015 breaking even, according to the Winston-Salem Journal.

Twenty-three of the nation's 35 Blues plans reported a total $1.9 billion decrease in earnings during the first three quarters of 2015, and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan was the largest contributor, according to Crain's Detroit Business.

After approval from the state Legislature, Michigan's tax on health insurance claims will continue into 2020, according to Crain's Detroit Business.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois, the largest health insurer in the state, will no longer offer agents and brokers commissions on individuals health plans, according to the Chicago Tribune.

Gaining market power on both the provider and payer sides of healthcare has been the name of the game in recent years. In fact, consolidation has become so pervasive that partners have been increasingly likely to attempt dubious mergers, according…

The following insurers made headlines this week. They are listed below, beginning with the most recent.

Due to ever-increasing costs of healthcare coverage, health sharing ministries were started throughout the U.S. more than two decades ago. But critics contend these ministries may have underlying disadvantages, according to U.S. News & World Report.

Health Republic of New York — a nonprofit insurance co-op formed under the Affordable Care Act — abruptly closed last November. Now the FBI may be investigating why, according to NewsDay.com.

This month, seven executives from Louisville, Ky.-based Humana received almost $27 million in common shares for longevity and performance, according to Insider Louisville.

Is expanding Medicaid coverage feasible and beneficial? That is the question many states have been asking themselves since 2014, when the government extended eligibility to low income adults up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level.