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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.

Barbara Ann Currin and six others have been charged with Medicaid fraud in Minnesota, according to KARE11.com.

Health insurance rates for 2016 are on the rise in Massachusetts, according to The Boston Globe.

Munster, Ind.-based Community Healthcare System and Indianapolis-based Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield have ended their agreement, according to an Inside INdiana Business report.

For 2014, health plans reimbursed customers $478 million in rebates as a consequence of the Medical Loss Ratio provision in the Affordable Care Act, equating to approximately $129 per benefiting family, according to a data aggregation from Mark Farrah Associates. 

BlueCross BlueShield of Arizona and Tucson, Ariz.-based Carondelet Health Network have signed a new four-year contract, ending a dispute that could have caused the insurer's customers to lose in-network access at Carondelet facilities, according to a the Arizona Daily Star.