A cooperative health insurance provider to 14,000 customers on New Mexico's subsidized marketplace will cease operations at the start of 2021.

Humana is the latest health insurer to sue the federal government for unpaid Affordable Care Act subsidies intended to reduce healthcare costs for low-income individuals.

Over the past several weeks, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan said it has been seeing a steady increase in weekly and monthly healthcare claims, which suggests people are resuming elective procedures delayed by concerns over COVID-19.

Analysts regard the blowout quarter as an anomaly. They expect federal regulations limiting how much premium revenue insurers can pocket as profit to kick in.