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Aetna is weighing its options regarding pulling its individual and small-group health insurance plans in New Jersey, according to NJ Spotlight.

Kaiser Permanente will continue to offer plans on the ACA exchanges through 2018, HealthPayer Intelligence reports.

New York insurer Oscar has a more positive outlook after narrowing its losses this year, according to Bloomberg.

CMS streamlined the ACA enrollment process to allow consumers applying for coverage through direct enrollment partners to complete their application on a single website.

For the first time since the 2010 passage of the ACA, the number of uninsured Americans has stalled, according to a CDC report.

Opioid addiction is a pervasive problem in the United States, with a large portion of addicts lacking coverage.

Benjamin Poehling, former UnitedHealth Group official, said insurance companies have been working the system and taking billion of dollars from the Medicare Advantage system, in an interview with The New York Times.

A Kaiser Family Foundation analysis found more than 6 million U.S. patients with pre-existing conditions may have their premiums increased under the American Health Care Act, according to The Hill.

UnitedHealth Group is shutting down its Harken Health subsidiary, the Minnesota StarTribune reports.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont submitted a proposal to increase its 2018 rates by 12.7 percent, according to Burlington Free Press.