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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.

Two for-profit hospitals in Hudson County, N.J., are preparing to break in-network ties with the state's largest insurer, according to NJ.com.

Over the past week, Chapel Hill-based Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina has been under fire for technical problems resulting in what company executives are calling the most serious system failure in recent decades.

Three new executives have joined the team at New York City-based Oscar Health, a young insurance company.

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

In a Jan. 12 State of the State address, Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback (R) said the state will prevent Planned Parenthood from receiving funds through Medicaid, according to ABC News.

Rochester, N.Y.-based Excellus BlueCross BlueShield is offering funds to nonprofit organizations in its upstate New York region, according to 13WHAM.com.