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Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield mistakenly listed WellStar Medical Group as a network provider for its ACA marketplace plan, according to an alert from the Office of Georgia Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner. 

Anthem Blue Cross filed a lawsuit against the federal government to recoup $100 million in payments under the ACA, according to Bloomberg Law.

Of the 5.7 billion robocalls made in October, around 288 million were proposing health insurance, according to data from call-blocking smartphone app YouMail and cited by The Washington Post.

Humana and Seoul Medical Group expanded their risk-based agreement in Hawaii, the organizations said Nov. 19.

Here are five updates on issues surrounding "Medicare for All" proposals published by Becker's Hospital Review in the past few weeks.

Some policymakers have floated the idea of allowing people younger than 65 to buy in to the federal Medicare program. But how would a Medicare buy-in program affect health insurance coverage, premiums on the individual market and federal spending? 

Colorado lawmakers unveiled their final proposal to require a public health insurance option in the state — a policy only the state of Washington has implemented, according to The Colorado Sun.

Due to the rise of high-deductible health plans, patients have become the third-largest payer group behind Medicare and Medicaid, according to Bill Krause, vice president and general manager of experience solutions at Change Healthcare.

Humana is the highest-ranked commercial health plan on customer satisfaction in 2019, according to a report from the American Customer Satisfaction Index.

Health insurers are required by the ACA to completely cover federally recommended vaccines for members, including flu shots. But while insured members don't pay for the shot out of pocket, their insurers eventually will raise premiums to offset the cost,…