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With groundbreaking insurer mega-mergers on the horizon, hospitals are considering growing their own insurance plans, according to a Reuters report.

BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina and BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina Foundation are donating $1 million to South Carolina nonprofit organizations aiding flood victims, according to SCNow.com.

Middlesex Hospital in Middletown, Conn., and UnitedHealthcare/Oxford Health Plans have reached an agreement after a more than two-month impasse, according to a Hartford Courant report.

While trust in many healthcare institutions is at an all-time low, it remains critical to patients making decisions on hospitals and health plans, according to a 2015 National Healthcare Trust Index from PARTNERS+simons, a Myelin Communications-owned firm specializing in brand…

Kentucky Health Cooperative, a nonprofit insurance company formed under the Affordable Care Act, will not offer health insurance plans on Kentucky's health insurance marketplace when open enrollment for 2016 coverage begins Nov. 1.

Paper and electronic documents containing Humana member information were stolen when a Humana employee's vehicle was broken into, according to The Associated Press.

With open enrollment looming, the federal and state marketplaces created under the Affordable Care Act face an unexpected challenge, according to The New York Times.

CMS said it will not put advertising-related trackers on the computers of HealthCare.gov users who have selected the Do Not Track option, according to The Hill.

San Francisco-based Blue Shield of California has completed a $1.2 billion acquisition of Care1st Health Plan, a provider-founded managed care company in Monterey Park, Calif.

Tennesseans who purchased individual BlueCross BlueShield health insurance plans before the Affordable Care Act was passed have to buy new plans for 2016, according to The Tennessean.