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

Four of the largest nonprofit health insurers in Massachusetts reported losses in 2015, according to the Boston Globe.

In a letter to the Department of Justice, the American Hospital Association said Anthem's proposed acquisition of Cigna would reduce the ability of other health insurers to compete with Blue Cross Blue Shield plans.

A circuit judge has denied Sioux Falls (S.D.) Specialty Hospital's request that Sanford Health Plan rewrite its health insurance contracts into a single network plan in keeping with the state's patient choice law, reports Argus Leader.

In early February, Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini said his company had "serious concerns about the sustainability of the public exchanges." But now his thoughts are slightly different, according to CNN Money.

HMO plans — or health management organizations — don't have the best reputation. But The New York Times outlines why they might be making a comeback.

CMS has released a final rule containing standards for health insurers selling coverage through the Affordable Care Act exchanges in 2017.

Fitch Ratings expects the Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies to report a decline in earnings for 2015.

Lawmakers in California will gather Feb. 29 to take action on an insurance tax package that will influence low-income Californians, according to The Sacramento Bee.

The hottest insurer in headlines as of late due to a system failure — Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina — finished 2015 breaking even, according to the Winston-Salem Journal.