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All states will exhaust federal Children's Health Insurance Program funding in fiscal year 2018, according to a recent CMS bulletin.

CVS Health could reach a deal to buy Aetna for $66 billion-plus by the end of November, according to a Hartford Courant report.

CMS rolled out premium and deductible rates for 2018 Medicare Part A and Part B plans.

UnitedHealthcare and a Qualcomm subsidiary integrated Samsung and Garmin wearable devices into UnitedHealthcare's wellness program.

Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare ended its contract impasse with Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield through a new three-year contract.

While American politicians such as Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., have called for the U.S. healthcare system to take cues from the Canadian system, Canadian healthcare experts have praised the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation, according to NPR.

A Kaiser Family Foundation analysis shows monthly premiums for individual insurance plans on the ACA exchanges increased the most in Charlottesville, Va., and the surrounding Albemarle County this year, according to The Washington Post.

The November Kaiser Health Tracking Poll surveyed Americans about the ACA enrollment period that began Nov. 1.  

The number of California residents who have enrolled for plans on the Covered California insurance exchange in the first two weeks of enrollment is up 23 percent compared to one year prior, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.

CMS released its proposed rule for Medicare Advantage and Part D plans for the 2019 benefit year.