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Clover Health, an insurance startup backed by Google's parent company Alphabet, diminished its losses from $35 million in 2016 to $22 million in 2017, according to Bloomberg.

Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare, which operates six hospitals across the state, is embarking on a joint venture with Watertown-based Tufts Health Plan of Massachusetts to form a health insurance company, according to the Hartford Courant.

The Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight issued new guidance concerning how individuals enroll in health plans on HealthCare.gov, Katie Keith writes in Health Affairs' ACA Round-Up.

Humana's top executives sold more than $12 million in shares Feb. 26, Louisville Business First reports, citing Securities and Exchange Commission filings.

Verily, the life sciences unit owned by Google's parent company Alphabet, has been in talks with insurers about jointly bidding for contracts in which it would take on risk for hundreds of thousands of patients, according to CNBC.

UnitedHealthcare is the largest investor in a future 60-unit affordable housing complex in Milwaukee, dubbed SEVEN04 Place.

A judged tossed Molina Healthcare of New Mexico's lawsuit to stop New Mexico from moving forward with newly awarded Medicaid contracts, the Santa Fe New Mexican reports.

The Justice Department cast aside much of a False Claims Act lawsuit alleging UnitedHealth Group used incorrect risk scores to inflate Medicare Advantage payments, according to Law 360.

Amazon has shaken up the healthcare industry by launching a line of over-the-counter healthcare products and partnering with JPMorgan Chase and Berkshire Hathaway to create an independent healthcare company.

Mark Bertolini, CEO of Aetna, said the insurer's $69 billion merger with CVS Health will succeed by keeping Americans healthier where they live, according to CBS This Morning.