Officials in Connecticut are investigating the disappearance of a disk drive from an insurer’s office that contains the personal information of 1.5 million members in four states.

A New York City-based non-profit insurance exchange, one of the few in the nation, is celebrating its 10th anniversary, saying it now provides health insurance to more than 3,500 small businesses and nonprofit organizations in metropolitan New York.

A total of 14 major health insurance companies and their industry association spent 25% more this year to lobby on health care measures before Congress than they did last year, according to a Public Campaign Action Fund analysis.

Group Health Cooperative and Health Alliance Plan topped the list of HMOs with fewest problems for members in a Consumer Reports survey conducted every other year.

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UnitedHealthcare has reached an agreement with Health Net Inc., to acquire its subsidiaries in Connecticut, New York and New Jersey in a deal that could total $630 million.

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Having secured an agreement on reimbursements for out-of-network care with the last health insurer covering New Yorkers, the state’s governor and attorney general announced a new insurance regulation for patients.

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