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The Trump administration said states have until 2022 to adhere to Medicaid's standards of care, according to Kaiser Health News.

A Delaware chancery judge denied Anthem's request to bar Cigna from leaving its potential merger with Anthem, Bloomberg reports. Cigna can now walk away from the potential merger with Anthem.

Insider Monkey compiled the 10 largest U.S. health insurance companies by total enrollees.

Aetna is no longer offering individual exchange plans in Delaware or Nebraska in 2018, the final two states the payer had plans in, the Hartford Courant reports.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee announced it would once again offer plans in Knoxville, Tenn., as many other payers withdrew their plans from the region, according to STAT.

Maryland, Virginia and Connecticut payers submitted premium increase proposals for 2018, with the average increase averaging 20 percent, according to Bloomberg.

Warren Buffett, chairman and chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway, gave his insights into Republicans' healthcare bill and the state of the industry during Berkshire Hathaway's annual meeting in Omaha, Neb., according to Bloomberg.

A Medical Group Management Association found 11 percent of physicians reported feeling positively about value-based payment models, according to healthcare informatics.

In Delaware's Court of Chancery, Anthem asked Vice Chancellor Travis Laster for more time to win approval for its proposed merger with Cigna, Reuters reports.

More than half of Indiana's 590,315 low-income beneficiaries enrolled in the state's Medicaid program failed to make monthly payments required to receive "top tier" service, the Indy Star reports.