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Minnetonka, Minn.-based UnitedHealth Group reported strong fourth quarter revenue, which sets up the health insurer for 2016.

Over the past week, Chapel Hill-based Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina has been under fire for technical problems resulting in what company executives are calling the most serious system failure in recent decades.

Three new executives have joined the team at New York City-based Oscar Health, a young insurance company.

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In a Jan. 12 State of the State address, Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback (R) said the state will prevent Planned Parenthood from receiving funds through Medicaid, according to ABC News.

Anthem CEO Joseph Swedish said if Express Scripts — the nation's largest manager of prescription drug benefits — doesn't give Anthem more money in savings, the insurer might look for another pharmacy partner, according to Bloomberg.

At the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini said he believes the insurer's acquisition of Humana will close this year, according to The New York Times.

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