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Blue Cross Blue Shield is imploring Congress to protect the reinsurance program, according to The Hill.

Connecticut-based FAIR Health recently launched FH Cost Lookup CT to improve insurance literacy, promote transparency in medical and dental costs and increase healthcare engagement for state residents, Healthcare Finance reports. 

The ACA saw fewer Americans enroll into its healthcare exchanges in 2016 as the uninsured population base continued to decrease, McClatchyDC reports.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently announced a pilot program to test post-enrollment eligibility it intends to have in place by 2017, The Hill reports.

“How do I keep patients happy, while making sure they pay their bills, on time and in full?”

Government officials are looking to keep the insurance marketplace afloat as major payers leave state exchanges. Therefore, the HHS is employing various strategies, according to Kaiser Health News.

The New Hampshire insurance market will have one less option as the Maine-based Community Health Options declined to continue offering policies in 2017, Morning Consult reports. 

Connecticut's Insurance Department recently approved 13 rate increases "that far outstripped increases in recent years," the CT Mirror reports.

A new study from the Society of Human Resource Management looked at the effects the rising cost of healthcare had on employers and employees, BenefitsPRO reports. 

Taxpayers will bear 71 percent of California healthcare costs this year, based on a UCLA Center for Health Policy Research report, according to Healthcare DIVE.