Only about one-third of health insurers came out ahead in the Affordable Care Act marketplace in 2014, according to a study by the Commonwealth Fund.
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The U.S. Department of Justice and attorneys general from several states filed lawsuits against Anthem and Aetna out of concern their proposed acquisitions would impede health insurance competition.
Policyholders of Covered California Health Plan will face an average 13.2 percent increase to their rates next year in the individual market, another sign that California's two-year reprieve from double-digit rate increases is coming to an end.
Mountlake Terrace, Wash.-based Premera Blue Cross will increase health insurance premiums by an average 9.8 percent in 2017 for individual plans, Alaska Dispatch News reported.
Indianapolis-based Anthem footed $460,000 to election campaigns of governors and state attorneys general in hopes to sway approval for its $54 billion acquisition of Bloomfield, Conn.-based Cigna, International Business Times reported.
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Out of 23 health insurance co-ops established under the Affordable Care Act, Brookfield, Wis.-based Common Ground Healthcare Cooperative is one of seven still afloat — at least for now, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.
Two deals that could consolidate four of the nation's largest health insurers will likely be challenged by the U.S. government, people familiar with the matter told The Wall Street Journal.
Minnetonka, Minn.-based UnitedHealth released its second quarter results reflecting the insurer's strong earnings, boosted by its health services division Optum.
Advocacy groups — including Empower Missouri, Metropolitan Congregations United and the Service Employees International Union — want Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon to stop a proposed managed care expansion to the state's poor, the St. Louis Dispatch-Post reported.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality recently released data from its Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, a large-scale study of families, individuals, providers and employers in the U.S. concerning the cost and use of healthcare and health insurance.