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New York City Health and Hospitals Corp., is making its MetroPlus Gold health plan available to all employees of New York City. The health plan had previously only been available to the public health system's employees.

Premiums for many Medicare Part D prescription drug plans will increase at double-digit rates in 2016, according to The Fiscal Times.

Molina Healthcare of Illinois, a branch of Long Beach, Calif.-based Molina Healthcare, is set to acquire Chicago-based Loyola Physician Partners' Cook County Medicaid program.

CMS' 2016 Star Ratings released Thursday show more Medicare Advantage plans with prescription drug coverage earned top scores this year.

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

A study from Mountain View, Calif.-based HealthPocket shows 47 percent of Affordable Care Act plans on HealthCare.gov lack out-of-network coverage.

Richardson-based Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas is dropping individual PPO plans and moving to HMO plans, according to News Channel 10.

Iowa's largest health insurer, Wellmark Blue Cross & Blue Shield, will sell policies on the Affordable Care Act's online health insurance marketplace in 2017, according to The Des Moines Register.

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey — the state's largest insurer — on is defending its new Omnia Health Alliance while lawmakers probe criteria it used to select which providers can participate in the network, according to a…

Although a significant number of lesbian, gay and bisexual adults have gained health insurance since the implementation of the Affordable Care Act and the expansion of Medicaid in 31 states and insurance marketplaces, gaps in care still exist, according to…