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Throughout open enrollment, many sources remind us to sign up for health and all the benefits and protections it brings — and for good reason.

Pennsylvania's Franklin County overpaid Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield by $96,000, according to a county controller audit.

On Monday, U.S. District Judge John Bates blocked Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna's proposed $37 billion takeover of Louisville, Ky.-based Humana.

The average individual health insurance premium for those ineligible for subsidies under the ACA was $393, a year-over-year increase of 22 percent, according to an eHealth report.

Minnesota House legislators passed a $300 million health insurance premium relief bill for residents who purchased individual health plans through the state's MNsure marketplace but are ineligible for government subsidies to offset premium hikes, KDUZ reports.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas will renovate two floors of a historic Dallas building to transform the area into a $2.5 million healthcare innovation lab, reports The Dallas Morning News.

More than 8.8 million individuals have signed up for health insurance through the federal exchange between Nov. 1 and Jan. 14, marking a slight increase from the 8.7 million signups recorded during the same period last year.

A Congressional Budget Office report estimating how partial repeal of the ACA could affect health insurance coverage and premiums most grabbed the attention of Becker's Hospital Review payer issues readers this past week.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman negotiated a national settlement with Indianapolis-based Anthem to end preauthorization for medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder.

Visits to retail health clinics almost doubled over the past five years for commercially insured Blue Cross and Blue Shield policyholders, according to the payer's data.