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Federal officials are objecting to a compromise plan intended to quell a dispute among the state’s health insurers. State officials floated an idea this month to phase in over several years a new measure of the Affordable Care Act that requires some insurers to make payments to others, based on the health of their patients. (Dayal McCluskey, 3/17)

A member of the board that oversees the state exchange where people buy insurance plans under health reform said the entity needs to take more care in approving contracts. "I think we can do this with a little more deliberation," said the board member, Dr. Georges Benjamin, who was also state health secretary under Gov. Parris N. Glendening. (McDaniels, 3/17)

Premiums in Georgia’s insurance exchange showed only a slight increase in 2015, as compared with the South overall and the nation as a whole, according to a new analysis released Tuesday. The Urban Institute study found that nationally, the average premium increase in the lowest-cost “Silver” plan was 2.9 percent. ... The Georgia increase in the lowest-cost Silver plan was just 1.8 percent in 2015, rising from $255 to $260 a month. (Miller, 3/17)