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A new fully integrated healthcare plan available to self-funded employers, ACOs and Taft-Hartley organizations across the country recently launched.

The key credit metrics of nine publicly traded health insurance and managed care companies improved in the first half of 2015 compared with the same period of the year prior, according to a recent report by Fitch Ratings.

An agency controlled by Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner (R) is no longer paying healthcare claims for at least 146,000 state workers, retirees and their families receiving coverage through self-insured plans, according to a report from The State Journal-Register.

This year 423,000 people lost coverage under the Affordable Care Act due to immigration and citizenship issues, nearly four times as many as last year, according to the Associated Press.

American Hospital Association President and CEO Rick Pollack outlined a strong distinction between the mergers taking place in the hospital and health system industry and the consolidation proposed in the health insurance industry.

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

Beginning this week, American Medical Association and American Hospital Association representatives are expected to appear before a U.S. Senate antitrust panel, calling on Congress to vigorously examine the proposed Anthem-Cigna and Aetna-Humana deals, according to a Forbes report.

The American Medical Association released its latest analysis of competition in health insurance markets in all states and Washington, D.C.

The American Medical Association released a study today finding the proposed Anthem-Cigna and Aetna-Humana mergers could lessen competition in up to 154 metropolitan areas across 23 states.

Atlanta-based Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia opened a new facility in Columbus Sept. 2, according to the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer.