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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana named Angela Hintz vice president of its project management office and integrated services.

Aetna, the health insurance arm of CVS Health, completed a $200 million deal with Vitality Re X for collateralized reinsurance.

Medicare Advantage startup Clover Health completed a $500-million funding round, bringing its investments to date to $925 million, according to TechCrunch.

In 2017, about 16.6 million Americans purchased individual health insurance coverage, according to a report from America's Health Insurance Plans.

Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., said she supports "Medicare for All" policies during a CNN town hall Jan. 28, and would consider ending private health insurance.

The California Supreme Court decided to let stand a state appeals court ruling that paved the way for $91 million in fines against a UnitedHealthcare subsidiary, according to CNN.

Almost half — 46 percent — of adults aren't familiar with "Medicare for All" proposals, according to a survey from NORC at the University of Chicago.

The director of the agency running Arkansas' health insurance exchange will resign Feb. 21, according to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.

Following the footsteps of other Blue plans, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi will change how it pays for emergency room services it decides weren't emergent after care is delivered, according to the Daily Journal.

BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York partnered with WebMD Health Services, part of WebMD Health Corp., to launch a website.