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Cigna provided details Thursday on a plan to help curb the opioid problem in the United States. A major element of Cigna's efforts is a plan to decrease the use of opioids by 25 percent among the health insurer's own…

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

With its recently announced departure from New Jersey's Affordable Care Act marketplace, UnitedHealth has officially dropped from the exchanges in 27 states, according to Bloomberg.

West Virginia had the greatest percentage drop in adults without health insurance from 2013 to 2015, according to findings from the CDC.

Interest in provider-sponsored health plans continues to increase among health systems and physician groups with 270 in operation today, up from 107 in 2014, according to a new report from PwC's Health Research Institute.

New York health insurer Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield and HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley based in Kingston, N.Y., are in negotiations to renew contract agreements prior to the May 31 deadline, reports Daily Freeman.

A controversial healthcare ballot question in Massachusetts has industry stakeholders digging in their respective heels on either side of the debate to ensure their business interests are protected, reports Boston Business Journal.

  CMS approved a California tax on managed care organizations that will provide $1.1 billion for Medi-Cal, the state's Medicaid program, according to a report in The Sacramento Bee. The tax will also fund programs for people with developmental disabilities,…

Although Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Mexico took a year off of the Affordable Care Act exchanges in 2016, it's looking to enter the marketplace again in 2017, according to the Albuquerque Journal.

In 1962, David Jones Sr. co-founded a nursing home company that went on to become the Louisville, Ky.-based health insurer Humana. Now he works as treasurer of 21st Century Parks, a nonprofit that preserves and develops public parks — and…