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News of the blocked Aetna-Humana deal instilled confidence in investors regarding the Cigna-Anthem merger, according to Yahoo! Finance.

Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) said party leaders will start marking up a reconciliation package aimed at repealing and replacing portions of the ACA in the next couple weeks, according to The Hill.

The New England Journal of Medicine found most primary care physicians do not favor the ACA.

On his first day in office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to begin dismantling the ACA. It's unclear exactly how he and the Republican Congress will replace the ACA, but one of the key concepts to Speaker Paul…

Earlier this week, Judge John Bates, of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, ruled against Aetna's proposed Humana deal, which the American College of Physicians supported in a statement.

Medical Group Management Association, the American Medical Association and several other provider organizations formed a coalition to release a set of prior authorization principles that work to lessen the administrative burden related to receiving approval from health plans.

The American Journal of Managed Care published an article examining how President Donald Trump's executive order on the ACA, signed Jan. 20, could impact CMS' bundled payments.

The Comptroller General of the United States and U.S. Government Accountability Office head Gene L. Dodaro appointed two new members of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute governing board.

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Sen. Susan Collin (R-Maine) introduced a proposal to former President Barack Obama's ACA, according to CNN.

Judge John Bates of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled against Aetna's proposed Humana deal on Jan. 23, 2017, causing the companies' shares to fall, according to CNBC.