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California's health insurance exchange will instruct insurers to increase premium prices if the federal government doesn't confirm it will pay the ACA's cost-sharing reductions by mid-August, according to a California Healthline report.

Jacksonville-based Florida Blue intends to offer individual policies on the state's ACA exchange in all 67 counties next year, according to The News-Press.

Minnetonka, Minn.-based UnitedHealthcare and University of Chicago Medicine have yet to reach an agreement to keep the medical center and its physicians in the insurer's network, which could ultimately affect 8,000 patients, according to the Chicago Tribune.

Americans who rate their own health as "poor" are more than twice as likely to buy health plans from the ACA exchanges than those who self-rate their health as "excellent," according to a recent Gallup poll.

Connecticut's insurance commissioner may face a maximum $1,000 civil fine for breaching public records laws, should the state Freedom of Information Commission move forward with accusations the commissioner withheld Aetna-Humana merger records from consumer and health groups, Hartford Courant reports.

Baltimore-based University of Maryland Quality Care Network and Minnetonka, Minn.-based UnitedHealthcare teamed up to help high-risk patients manage their health, according to The Daily Record.

No health insurers filed plans to offer coverage in two Washington state counties next year, according to the state Office of the Insurance Commissioner.

CMS issued a request for information June 8, seeking details on how to change the regulatory structure of the individual and small group insurance markets.

New York state health insurers requested an average 16.6 percent increase on premiums for 2018 ACA exchange plans, according to Bloomberg.

Reports from the Utah state department of insurance warn that premiums could rise 15 to 20 percent if ACA subsidies are repealed, according to The Salt Lake Tribune.