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A judge ruled that a UnitedHealth Group unit instituted guidelines that denied care to patients needing mental health treatment to cut costs, according to The New York Times.

An Atlanta law firm filed a lawsuit under the ACA that seeks to allow thousands of individuals with Anthem Blue Cross coverage to get a special enrollment period after they were "falsely" lured into plans that didn't include certain providers,…

Price-shopping is not something most Americans with high-deductible health plans do, according to a study published in Health Affairs.

America's largest health insurers are seeing unprecedented growth in their Medicare Advantage businesses.

Cigna CEO David Cordani said in private that he regretted agreeing to merge with Anthem, despite publicly backing the deal as good for investors, Anthem lawyers alleged in court March 4, according to Bloomberg.

Hospitals of Knoxville, Tenn.-based Tennova Healthcare are no longer in UnitedHealthcare's provider network. However, Tennova physicians are still in the insurer's network, causing confusion for patients, according to the Knoxville News Sentinel.

Health insurance startup Oscar Health said telemedicine use among its members is five times higher than the average for the industry, according to its year-end review.

Seventy percent of adults aged 55 to 64 cite affordability as one of the main reasons they purchase a short-term health plan, according to a survey from online health insurance platform eHealth.

Low-income and high-income women who were switched to high-deductible health plans experienced delays in breast cancer diagnostic testing, early stage diagnosis and chemotherapy initiation, compared to women remaining in low-deductible plans, according to a study published in Health Affairs.  

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina plans to send rebates to about 700,000 members after its administrative and other costs surpassed an ACA cap, according to The Coastland Times.