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In February, North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin began an investigation of Durham, N.C.-based Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina and the systematic problems it has had since early this year. Now Mr. Goodwin is planning on financially…

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

During a health exchanges forum hosted by America's Health Insurance Plans on March 8, HealthCare.gov CEO Kevin Counihan said the Affordable Care Act exchanges are in good shape, according to The Hill.

CMS has fined Health Net and Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare, which both operate Medicare plans, for wrongly denying coverage for prescription drugs and inappropriately delaying policyholder appeals.

Pennsylvania's Insurance Department will hold a public hearing Thursday prompted by recent consumer backlash to long-term care rate increases, reports Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

New Jersey's acting Attorney General has determined Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey's OMNIA line of discount health plans did not violate any laws, according to NJ.com.

Federal officials will begin rating health insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act based on how many physicians and hospitals are included in their network, according to a report from The New York Times.

Health Care Service Corp., the Chicago-based parent of Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans in five states, reported a net loss of $65.9 million in 2015 compared to a loss of $281.9 million a year earlier, according to a Crain's…

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has requested information from 16 health insurers on their coverage of hepatitis C treatments, according to Bloomberg.

CMS released a final rule Monday, containing standards for health insurers selling coverage through the Affordable Care Act exchanges. The president of the AmericanCollege of Emergency Physicians Jay Kaplan, MD, has criticized the agency for failing to address the problem…