Republican legislators are emphasizing health insurer exits from Affordable Care Act exchanges and premium hikes in their local campaigns, The Washington Post reports.
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Molina Healthcare is entering health insurance markets where other insurers are leaving, and turning a profit, according to The Hill.
Health insurers Humana and UnitedHealthcare were placed on two Dow Jones indices measuring financial performance of leading sustainability companies.
Board directors of Idaho's Affordable Care Act exchange approved five health insurers to sell 225 plans on the state’s exchange next year, the Standard Journal reports.
The Colorado Division of Insurance approved an average 20.4 percent premium increase for individual health plans statewide next year.
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Health insurer Cigna answered the U.S. Department of Justice's lawsuit against the insurer and its proposed acquirer Anthem Monday, two months after the department sued the payer over antitrust concerns.
Anthem's acquisition of Cigna and Aetna's takeover of Humana would impede insurance market competition across 24 states, according to newly updated market analyses released by the American Medical Association Wednesday.
While health insurer Anthem will likely remain in its Affordable Care Act exchanges this year, one analyst said it is probable the payer will exit the exchanges entirely in 2018, Bloomberg reports.
Yale Medicine in New Haven, Conn., has allegedly threatened to leave Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield's network should the companies fail to reach an agreement by Oct. 7, reports The CT Mirror.
After a two-year hiatus, NemoursAlfredI.duPontHospital for Children in Wilmington, Del., and UnitedHealthcare of Delaware reached a network agreement Monday. The contract will not affect Nemours' ongoing lawsuit against the insurer over unpaid medical bills, however, reports Delaware Online.