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Health insurer Aetna could cut its workforce, offer an early retirement option and change its work from home policy, Hartford Courant reports.

For Medicare's 2017 open enrollment, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield is launching a $0 premium Medicare Advantage health maintenance organization plan in six Connecticut counties. It will also add a post-discharge meal benefit to its existing dual-eligible special needs…

Most people learn what they know about health insurance on the job, when they use their employers' health plans.

The Wisconsin Office of the Commissioner of Insurance approved a 15.9 percent increase on individual Affordable Care Act health plans for 2017, although some areas may see increases as high as 30.4 percent on average.

Fourteen health plans will be offered through New York's individual marketplace next year.

Pittsburgh-based Gateway Health Plan will end two Medicare plans for chronically ill seniors next year, affecting about 5,000 members, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports. 

Health insurer Aetna entered a value-based agreement with pharmaceutical company Merck and collaborated on a predictive analytics model to identify potential service populations.

CMS lashed back at The New York Times for its headline on an article about a new federal policy, reports Advisory Board: "Can't Find a Plan on HealthCare.gov? One May Be Picked For You."

Health insurer UnitedHealthcare is requesting confidential information granted to the U.S. Department of Justice as evidence in Aetna-Humana and Anthem-Cigna lawsuits be kept from rival hands, Hartford Courant reports.

The U.S. Department of Justice dismissed accusations from Aetna and Humana that the DOJ belated releasing trial-related documents, arguing the payers' allegations are an attempt to thwart the trial before it begins, The National Law Journal reports.