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Profit in the third quarter of fiscal year 2016 for Aetna increased 8 percent from the same period last year to a total of $603.9 million.

Neighborhood Health Plan, a subsidiary of Boston-based Partners HealthCare, closed enrollment to new Medicaid members after it reported $241 million in losses since 2014, reports The Boston Globe.

Open enrollment for 2017 health coverage commences in less than a week amid critical issues involving outreach, risk management and consumer options.

Payer Anthem will establish a health IT hub in Atlanta over the next six years and create more than 1,800 IT-related jobs.

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey declared its Omnia ACA plans — which inspired a string of lawsuits in 2015 — boast some of the lowest premium rate increases nationally next year, reports The American Journal of Managed…

While employer insurance cost growth slowed, workers' incomes did not keep pace with their premium costs and deductibles, according to a new study by the nonpartisan Commonwealth Fund.

Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton (D) said Democratic and Republican state legislators should have a joint plan to address health insurance premium hikes on the state's ACA exchange by Nov. 1, reports Pioneer Press. 

Austin, Texas-based health maintenance organization Vista360health is tailoring its plans to individuals, entrepreneurs and small businesses for 2017 coverage.

Nonprofit HealthWell Foundation will financially assist underinsured Americans diagnosed with breast cancer by providing up to $15,000 in copay and premium relief.

The United States currently encompasses 13 state-based marketplaces, four federally-supported marketplaces, seven state-partnership marketplaces and 27 federally-facilitated marketplaces, according to The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.