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The last chance to sign up for health insurance this year under the Affordable Care Act passed on Thursday, when an extended deadline for enrollment expired. While most people will have to wait until the next open enrollment period in the fall, there is an exception for those who have a change in circumstances — like losing your health coverage because of the loss of a job, or getting married or having a baby. (Carrns, 5/1)

The ACA’s risk corridor program likely won’t receive enough funding from insurance companies with profitable exchange business to pay companies that are in the red, according to a new report from credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s. (Pradhan, 5/1)

Without question, the Affordable Care Act was certain to yield winners and losers, and Assurant Health was among the health insurers most vulnerable to the far-reaching changes imposed by the law. (Boulton, 5/2)

The new Open Payments data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) cover many types of financial relationships besides investments, such as consulting deals, free travel for conferences and straight gifts. The disclosure program was created as part of the Affordable Care Act to shed light on hidden financial relationships in medicine — a topic of national urgency as health care consumes a growing share of government, business and household budgets. (Carlson, 5/3)