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Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna saw net income soar in the second quarter to $731.8 million, a 33 percent increase from the same period last year.

Oscar Health Insurance, a young New York-based start-up valued at $1.5 billion, is lauded as a disrupter among its more traditional contemporaries. With its quirky branding and emphasis on simplicity, it has been coined the "hipster" health insurance company poised…

Affordable Care Act enrollees are not as satisfied with their insurance plans as consumers with other types of coverage, according to The Hill.

Providers and payers interact constantly — online, by phone, and face to face. Huge volumes of information go back and forth between them, such as claims, eligibility and benefits inquiries, referral authorizations and lab data.

Few stories in the healthcare industry have gotten as much national attention recently as news that four of the biggest health insurers in the U.S. are merging into two. If the two proposed transactions receive regulatory approval, Aetna and Anthem…

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

This July, President Obama will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Medicare, Medicaid and the Older Americans Act at the White House Conference on Aging.

Health insurer Cigna reported net income of $588 million for the second quarter of fiscal year 2015, up from net income of $573 million for the same period a year ago.

Health insurer Humana reported consolidated revenues, including investment income, of $13.7 billion for the second quarter of fiscal year 2015, up 12.4 percent from $12.2 billion in the same period a year ago.

Health insurer Anthem reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit for the second quarter of fiscal year 2015.