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Huntsville (Ala.) Hospital Health System extended its relationship with UnitedHealthcare, a subsidiary of Minnetonka, Minn.-based UnitedHealth Group, to include Medicare Advantage policyholders, according to AL.com.

More than one-third of millennials have declined a job offer either fully or partially based on health insurance benefits, according to a survey by Anthem.

The number of uninsured Americans has decreased by millions since 2010, although little change occurred between 2015 and 2016, according to new data from the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics.

Chicago-based Blue Cross Blue Shield Association penned a message to members outlining its wishes for the GOP's health reform proposal.

Albuquerque-based Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Mexico saw a 62 percent decrease in emergency department visits for Medicaid beneficiaries under a house-call initiative established in January 2016, according to Albuquerque Journal.

Atlanta-based Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia filed preliminary plans to offer ACA individual health plans in all of Georgia's 159 counties for 2018, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

San Francisco-based Blue Cross of California has the largest market share of insurers participating in California's ACA health insurance marketplace, Covered California, according to a California Healthline report.

Mark Bertolini, CEO of Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna, said acquisitions are "not high on our list" as possible growth strategies for the payer's business lines, Reuters reports.

Fitch Ratings affirmed the "BBB" ratings of Indianapolis-based Anthem's senior notes and the "A+" insurer financial strength ratings to its subsidiaries.

Phoenix-based Banner Health and Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna selected Thomas Grote to helm a jointly-owned health plan the organizations unveiled last October.