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Helena, Mont.-based health insurer New West Health Services will shutter by mid-2017, KBZK reports.

Health insurer Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska said it will leave the state's Affordable Care Act exchange effective Jan. 1, citing instability and decreased competition under the health law.

The Alabama Medicaid Agency plans to restore enhanced payments to primary care physicians, reports Montgomery Advertiser.

Geisinger Health Plan policyholders will be accepted at Reading, Pa.-based Penn State Health St. Joseph effective Oct. 1, Reading Eagle reports.

The Idaho Department of Insurance released premium rate increases for 2017 for individual and small group health plans, with individual plans offered through the state's Affordable Care Act exchange increasing an average of 24 percent.

Dave Jones, California's insurance commissioner, said he supports a state-level public option to increase health insurance competition as big insurers leave Affordable Care Act marketplaces, California Healthline reports.

Health insurer Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina affirmed it will offer Affordable Care Act plans in all North Carolina counties next year despite millions in exchange losses.

Health insurer Anthem Blue Cross will administer its self-funded preferred provider plans to University of California faculty, staff and retirees at all the University of California's campuses and medical centers.

Zoom+ has withdrawn individual and group plans from Portland, Ore.'s,  Affordable Care Act exchange for next year, reports Portland Business Journal.

House Republicans have threatened to sue the president's administration should it make moves to settle lawsuits with insurers over risk corridor payments, reports The Wall Street Journal.