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Blue Cross Blue Shield is withdrawing from the Nashville, Memphis and Knoxville ACA exchanges, The Tennessean reports.

The House is considering a bill that would exempt Americans enrolled in failed nonprofit payers from the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate, according to The Hill.

The Affordable Care Act may need millennial enrollment to survive, but many of these younger Americans simply cannot afford it, according to an article David Barnes, policy director of Generation Opportunity, published in The Wall Street Journal.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska is the latest insurer to stop offering plans through the ACA in 2017.

Montana-based New West Health Services will cease operations in 2017, the Washington Times reports. 

As the insurance co-ops fail, and insurers leave the ACA exchanges some healthcare experts fear for the future of the monumental legislation, the Chicago Tribune reports.

According to a PwC report, 3.4 million people enrolled into Medicaid this year, contributing to a 20.5 million increase since 2013, Forbes reports.

Several Democratic senators sent a second letter to Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini, demanding answers as to why the payer left the Affordable Care Act exchanges, according to Morning Consult.

After facing losses on the Affordable Care Act exchanges, many payers sued the federal government, arguing the ACA's risk-corridor program was flawed, according to The Wall Street Journal.

The state of Kansas has some severe problems when it comes to its Medicaid system, the Salina Journal reports.