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Consumers are placing greater emphasis on the cost of their health insurance than provider choice as they opt for cheaper, narrow plans, The New York Times reported.

Seniors in South Florida expressed concern at hearing Friday about two long-term care insurers proposing up to 114 percent premium rate increases, The Palm Beach Post reported.

The Villages Health in Florida, part of The Villages retirement community, will stop accepting Medicare plans Jan. 1, the Orlando Sentinel reported.

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) called on the state of Illinois to closely review and negotiate reasonable premium rate increases for 2017, focusing on Chicago-based insurer Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois.

Health insurers Anthem and Cigna will not see a ruling on their proposed $54 billion merger by the end of the year, a federal judge said Friday, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Employees under Kansas' State Employee Health Plan could see between 9 percent and 30 percent rate increases on their health insurance premiums next year, The Topeka Capital-Journal reported. 

Charleston, S.C.-based Medical University Hospital is suing BlueChoice Health Plan of South Carolina, a subsidiary of Blue Cross Blue Shield South Carolina, for allegedly failing to reimburse the hospital for providing care to Medicaid patients covered by the BlueChoice managed…

East Texas Medical Center in Tyler and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas reached a network agreement Thursday, resolving a heated legal battle before it could reach trial, reports Houston Chronicle.

Amy Dowd, CEO of beWellnm — New Mexico's health insurance exchange — is resigning and taking a position at Long Beach, Calif.-based Molina Healthcare, The Santa Fe New Mexican reported.

Due to losses it shouldered under California's Affordable Care Act exchange, Blue Shield of California will close its doors for the four days following Labor Day to trim its payroll expenditures, the San Francisco Business Times reported.