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15 Jun 2017, 6:59 am
"Which is nice, and they go on to reassure us that they've already filed to offer ObamaPlans next year, and that they're "committed to offering individual health insurance options where it is feasible for us to do so. [read post]
12 Jun 2017, 8:51 am by Thomas Dowdell (US)
  Anthem announced that in 2018 it will not participate in the State of Ohio’s ACA marketplace, which will result in 10,500 people in 18 counties with no ACA insurance coverage choices according to the State’s Department of Insurance. [read post]
6 Jun 2017, 10:15 am
" This is huge news as Anthem was the only insurer available in 20 counties in Ohio last year. [read post]
12 May 2017, 11:10 am by Bloomberg
Anthem said Friday that it won’t appeal a Delaware judge’s ruling late Thursday that Cigna can walk away from the $48 billion health insurance merger. [read post]
8 May 2017, 10:09 am
■ FoIB Dr John Goodman tips us that if you're an Anthem insured in The Show-Me State, best think twice before using the ER for anything less than a real emergency:"If you have a minor health problem, don't expect Anthem to pay for your ER visit ... [read post]
The district court also found the merger would likely pose a substantial anticompetitive effect in the market for the sale of health insurance to large group employers in Richmond, Virginia. [read post]
  The original petition’s class definition also spoke of residency, rather than citizenship, i.e., “Missouri residents whose personal information was compromised as a result of the data breach announced in February 2015 and are (1) current and former members of a health insurance plan administered by Defendants; and/or (2) current and former Anthem employees. [read post]
16 Mar 2017, 7:40 am
This is interesting: Ohio law requires health insurers to publish a "list of the top 20% of services based on use" as well as how much each insured has to pay for each of them.Last year, that top 20% of health care services covered by Anthem were:■ Primary care office visits■ Lab and Pathology servicesTo be frank, this surprised me: I would have bet money that prescription med costs would have broken into the top two.Which is not to… [read post]
10 Mar 2017, 3:00 am by John Jenkins
After a DC federal court blocked the proposed merger between health insurance giants Cigna & Anthem, Cigna gave notice of termination of the merger agreement and filed a declaratory judgment action in the Delaware Chancery Court seeking a determination that its termination of the deal was lawful. [read post]
7 Mar 2017, 6:02 am
District Judge Amy Berman Jackson blocked the proposed $48 billion merger of health insurers Anthem Inc. and Cigna Corp. on antitrust grounds. [read post]
15 Feb 2017, 10:58 am by Justin Cosgrove
The deal in question would have created the largest membership of any US health insurer. [read post]
14 Feb 2017, 6:50 am by Associated Press
Aetna and Humana called off a $34 billion proposal to combine the two major health insurers after a federal judge, citing antitrust concerns, shot down the deal. [read post]
10 Feb 2017, 7:22 am
 The mergers would harm consumers by reducing competition and stifling innovation.Aetna-Humana"the government alleged that the merger of Aetna and Humana would be likely to substantially lessen competition in markets for individual Medicare Advantage plans and health insurance sold on the public exchanges," Anthem-CIGNA"the merger is likely to result in higher prices, and [will have] other anticompetitive effects,” the judge wrote. [read post]
9 Feb 2017, 9:49 am by Alexis Wheeler
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia [official website] on Wednesday issued an order to enjoin [press release] the proposed merger of health insurance giant Anthem and Cigna [corporate websites]. [read post]
26 Jan 2017, 8:50 am by Jeffrey May
In the second suit, the government challenges Anthem’s proposed $54 billion acquisition of Cigna, which would be the largest merger in the history of the health insurance industry. [read post]
31 Dec 2016, 12:05 am by Jeffrey May
As 2016 came to a close, the Justice Department was wrapping up challenges to two mergers that would reduce the country’s “big five” health insurers to three. [read post]
8 Dec 2016, 4:59 pm by Commentary:
Department of Justice and other state attorneys general in a lawsuit to block Anthem’s proposed acquisition of Cigna and Aetna’s acquisition of Humana, alleging that the transactions would increase concentration and harm competition across the country. ... [read post]
29 Nov 2016, 2:07 pm by Bloomberg
The deep rift between merging health insurance companies Cigna Corp. and Anthem Inc. came further into public view Tuesday as transcripts of testimony from both companies’ chief executives were unsealed during a U.S. antitrust trial in Washington. [read post]