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Pittsburgh-based Highmark has laid off 132 information technology and sales employees, according to a WPXI report.

The nation's five largest health insurers totaled a combined $80.25 billion of revenue in the fourth quarter of 2013.

The Obama administration has delayed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's employer mandate by another year for certain businesses, according to a report from The Hill.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act presents new opportunities for millions of uninsured Americans to get covered, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation report.

CMS is considering making it mandatory that health insurers accept third-party premium payments made under the Ryan White Act to ensure coverage for people with HIV/AIDS, according to a Reuters report.

Health insurers are gearing up to oppose expected reimbursement cuts for Medicare Advantage in calendar year 2015, according to a report from The Hill.

Fourth-quarter net income at health insurer Cigna fell 11 percent, from $406 million in 2012 to $361 million in 2013.

Fourth-quarter net income at health insurer Aetna shot up 94 percent year-over-year, from $190.1 million in 2012 to $368.9 million in 2013.

House Republicans have abandoned plans to extend the U.S. debt limit in exchange for the repeal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's risk corridors for health insurers, according to a report from The Hill.

CMS has issued guidance for health insurance issuers looking to sell health plans through the federally facilitated marketplace or federally run small business health options program in 2015.