Payer

For plans under the Affordable Care Act this year, the average premium cost increased to $408 per month — a 9 percent increase since this time last year, according to The Hill.

The New York Department of Financial Services has charged HealthNow NY — the parent company of Buffalo-based BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York — $750,000 in fines, according to Buffalo Business First.

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

More than 30 states have limited availability of abortion coverage in their Affordable Care Act health insurance marketplaces, according to a new Kaiser Family Foundation analysis.

Many health insurers and employers have begun giving women incentives to get mammograms each year, but research suggests doing so may be unnecessary, according to The New York Times.

Chicago-based Land of Lincoln Health, a health insurance co-op, has let go of the University of Chicago Medical Center, according to the Chicago Tribune.

Minneapolis-based Fairview Health Services has purchased Golden Valley, Minn.-based PreferredOne, according to the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal.

UnitedHealth left America's Health Insurance Plans last June. Aetna left earlier this year. Now AHIP is doing its best to get the insurers back, according to Bloomberg.

Minnetonka, Minn.-based UnitedHealth Group reported strong fourth quarter revenue, which sets up the health insurer for 2016.

In midst of the massive Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina system failure, one customer went to the local media with a story about his refusal to back down, according to ABC 11.