Insurance premiums have become a new battleground in the fight against the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, with opponents pointing to surging premiums as a signal the Obama administration's signature healthcare reform is failing, and supporters defending that the…
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Hartford, Conn.-based health insurer Aetna has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all outstanding shares of Louisville, Ky.-based Humana in a deal valued at $37 billion.
The following insurers made headlines this week. They are listed below, beginning with the most recent.
St. Louis-based health insurer Centene has agreed to buy Woodland Hills, Calif.-based Health Net in a deal valued at $6.3 billion, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Indianapolis-based Anthem plans to layoff 57 workers from its operations in Louisville, Ky., according to a Louisville Business First report.
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The following insurers made headlines this week. They are listed below, beginning with the most recent.
Florida Blue (Jacksonville, Fla.) and Sacred Heart Health System (Pensacola, Fla.) have reached an agreement on a new three-year contract, according to a Pensacola News Journal report.
The Center for Prevention at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota has launched an initiative to make neighborhoods more amendable to walking, biking and other forms of physical activity.
The bubble of activity among the five big healthcare payers continued this week when Cigna rejected Anthem's latest takeover bid. Talks of mergers and acquisitions in healthcare continue to permeate in the industry, but according to Jonathan Bush, cofounder and…
UnitedHealth Group is severing its relationship with America's Health Insurance Plans, the health insurance industry's largest trade group, according to The Wall Street Journal.