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By 2018, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan will cut $300 million in costs, according to Crain's Detroit Business.

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City, UnityPoint Health in Des Moines, Iowa, and Genesis Health System in Davenport, Iowa, have agreed to Medicaid managed care contracts, according to office of Gov. Terry Branstad.

Shareholders of Anthem and Cigna overwhelmingly approved the merger of the two health plans during a special shareholder meeting on Thursday.

Kentucky's Republican senate leaders said they will not prevent the $250 million in state funding needed to pay for the state's Medicaid expansion program, according to The Associated Press.

Last month, New York-based insurer Oscar Health sent a letter that notified brokers of adjusted commission rates beginning in February, according to Crain's New York Business.

The following insurers made headlines in the past two weeks. They are listed below, beginning with the most recent.

After Montana became the 30th state to expand Medicaid in November, it has seen a surge in the number of enrollees signing up, according to KTVQ.com.

The Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission's evaluation of three proposed mergers between health insurers — Aetna-Humana, Anthem-Cigna and Centene-Health Net — has left many considering the deals' potential implications.

UnitedHealth Group CEO Stephen Hemsley defended the health insurer's possible exit from the Affordable Care Act exchanges in 2017 at an investor meeting in New York on Tuesday, according to a Bloomberg report.

The New Jersey Insurance Commissioner on Monday denied the requests filed by hospital systems to prevent Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey to sell its OMNIA health plans, saying taking such action would "immediately trigger chaos" in the…