Insurers in Tennessee will be able to amend their rate requests by Aug. 12 in response to two insurers — Cigna and Humana — notifying the state's insurance regulator their formerly requested premium increases were insufficient, The Tennessean reported.
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California's health exchange, Covered California, released a draft wavier seeking federal approval to sell health plans to undocumented immigrants under the Affordable Care Act, The Press Democrat reported.
UnitedHealthcare subsidiary Harken Health will not expand its clinics and Affordable Health Care Act plans to the Miami area next year, the StarTribune reported.
Kentucky's proposed Medicaid reform includes a cash incentive for recipients to exit the government healthcare program and join commercial health plans, reports The Heartland Institute.
Arizona has sued two health insurance co-ops in an attempt to seek payment for provider claims from the insolvent insurers.
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Rancho Cordova, Calif.-based Health Net Federal Services, who won one of the Department of Defense's $58 million TRICARE contracts, joined two other insurers in a complaint to protest the decision, according to Federal News Radio.
The judge overseeing both the Anthem-Cigna and Aetna-Humana merger lawsuits has handed off one case to another judge, improving the chance both suits are decided by the end of the year, reports Indianapolis Business Journal.
U.S. District Court Judge John Bates said at a pretrial meeting Thursday he could not rule on both lawsuits against Anthem-Cigna and Aetna-Humana mergers this year and will likely have to push one back, Reuters reported.
Texas legislators took Zika funding into their own hands Wednesday by authorizing the state's Medicaid program to pay for mosquito repellent for women, reports Herald Democrat.
The following insurers made headlines this week. They are listed below, beginning with the most recent.