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The Maryland Department of Budget and Management extended the healthcare deadline for state employees, according to WMDT 47.

Health insurance prices are steadily rising, leaving many Americans wondering when and if the prices will fall in the near future, according to Forbes.

Researchers found patients with high health insurance deductibles use nearly 7.5 percent fewer diagnostic tests, according to Medical Xpress.

President Obama appreciated Louisiana's democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards call to expand Medicaid to thousands of additional residents, according to Portland Press Herald.

More than 200,000 providers will see a 2 percent cut in their Medicaid payments this year for not meeting CMS standards in 2014, according to Healthcare IT News.

A Freedom Partners analysis found Mississippi was the only state in the United States to see a drop in health insurance premiums on the individual marketplace last year, according to Mississippi Watchdog.org.

Alabama's Medicaid Agency said it needs $841 million from the General Fund in 2017, according to Decatur Daily.

Tennessee Sen. Mark Green requested the Insurance Commissioner, Julie McPeak, speak to the Senate Commerce and Insurance Committee about rising health insurance premiums, according to Live Insurance News.

Millennial women and parents are most unprepared and confused by health benefit options, based on a Harris Poll on behalf of Collective Health.

For the health insurance industry, 2015 was the year of mega mergers. Last July, Anthem announced its $54 billion offer for Cigna, while Aetna released details of its proposed $37 billion acquisition of Humana. Today, the four major payers insure…