At the large retailers, average deductibles for single PPO plan coverage fell 38 percent.

The insurance group hopes a deal with a tech group will fill a benefits data standards gap.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is calling on insurers to follow Medicare's lead and give patients greater access to electronic health records.

Medicare supplement insurance is particularly lucrative for the web-based broker, earning it a commission of $1,029 per enrollee.

Spark Institute, is joining with the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC) to set up the council.

A look at some of what the companies have said this week, drawn from earnings releases and earnings conference call recordings.

The deal comes as the Trump administration is thinking of killing an Obama-era short-term medical regulation.

The average subsidy amount used may have increased 35%.