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After Aetna announced plans to leave America's Health Insurance Plans Jan. 5, sources have been curiously evaluating the decision and its impacts, according to The Hill.

UnitedHealth, the biggest insurer in the nation, is concerned its rates for Affordable Care Act plans in New York might be too low, according to Crain's New York Business.

Eagan-based Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota was charged $20,000 in late 2015 for denying a patient's claim for healthcare services, according to the Star Tribune.

The following insurers made headlines over the past three weeks. They are listed below, beginning with the most recent.

Eagan-based Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota has raised over $1 million for Minneapolis-based Learn to Live, according to the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal.

Although South Carolina has not expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, the increase in Medicaid enrollees has caused the state program to need additional funds, according to The Post and Courier.

A recent study found only 10 percent of Medicaid members who smoke — or 830,000 people — received medication to help them quit in 2013, according to NPR.

Aetna, the third largest health insurer in the nation, is leaving the health insurance industry's largest trade group, according to The Hill.

More people are choosing critical illness plans to shore up gaps in their high deductible coverage, according to Minnesota Public Radio.

Arkansas' current Medicaid expansion program may have some additional changes in the coming year, according to THV11.com.