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Humana will be exiting the Affordable Care Act exchanges in four states — Alabama, Kansas, Virginia and Wisconsin — but in the states it remains, premium prices will likely rise, according to Louisville Business First.

The following insurers made headlines this week. They are listed below, beginning with the most recent.

As part of the broader effort to tie the cost of drugs to their value, Cigna has inked a deal with the makers of two cholesterol-lowering drugmakers to receive extra price discounts from them if the new medications aren't as…

Although other health insurers — like UnitedHealth and Humana — are exiting the Affordable Care Act exchanges in 2017, Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna will keep offering plans in 15 states — and potentially add even more, according to The Wall Street…

People who obtain health insurance through the public insurance exchanges may be more satisfied, and more savvy insurance shoppers, than those with employer-based coverage.

In North Carolina, some estimate health insurance premiums will increase by double digits percentages in 2017. But Affordable Care Act officials claim this might not be the case, according to The News & Observer.

By word from its CFO and in a recent SEC filing, Cigna has noted its merger with Anthem may not close until 2017.

Louisville, Ky.-based Humana is going to stop offering individual plans in two more states in 2017: Kansas and Wisconsin, according to Louisville Business First.

The American Academy of Actuaries' Individual and Small Group Markets Committee has released a brief on the key drivers of health insurance premium changes.

Over the past few weeks, numerous health insurers have been announcing plans to change their involvement in the Affordable Care Act exchanges. In April, UnitedHealth said it would only remain in a "handful" of states in 2017, and Humana just…