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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.

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.