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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…

A tentative plan to save Kansas government more than $2 billion over five years relies heavily on proposed changes to the state employee health plan and Medicaid.

If individuals do not have health insurance by Jan. 31, they may be subject to a fine reaching $695 for each adult and $347.50 per child, or 2.5% of income. However, there are several exceptions to the penalty, as listed…

In his speech at the annual JP Morgan Healthcare Conference on Jan. 12, Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini emphasized the importance of social services in healthcare, according to Hartford Courant.