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Cerritos, Calif.-based CareMore Health System  — a Medicare Advantage and Medicaid plan and care delivery division of Anthem — will collaborate with Gehr Family Center for Implementation Science at Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California for a…

Hartford, Conn.-based health insurer Aetna will pull out of 11 state Affordable Care Act exchanges next year, citing $430 million in losses on its individual plans since January 2014.

Higher leverage ratios from acquisition-related debt combined with declining revenue growth and declining interest coverage ratios contributed to deteriorating credit metrics for publicly traded health insurers in the first half of 2016, according to a Fitch Ratings report.

Many marketplace health plans exclude coverage for health services that are more often used by women, resulting in a disproportionate affect on women's care coverage, a recent study found.

A majority of big employers will see a 6 percent increase in employee premium costs next year, fueled by rising pharmacy and healthcare expenses, a National Business Group on Health annual survey found.

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.