Anthem may hasten Obamacare retreat without funding assurances
Concerned by the uncertain future of U.S. health care policy, Anthem Inc. warned it may hasten its retreat from Obamacare’s insurance marketplaces.
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Anthem tops forecasts with quarterly earnings, raises outlook
Indianapolis-based Anthem Inc. saw profit grow nearly 10 percent, helped by government business and coverage the health insurer sells to smaller employers.
Anthem’s exit creates Obamacare ‘crisis’ for rural Nevadans
The Indianapolis-based health insurer, a one-time Obamacare stalwart, has accelerated its retreat in recent weeks.
Anthem agrees to $115 million settlement over data breach
Anthem Inc. has agreed to pay $115 million to resolve consumer claims over a 2015 cyber-attack that compromised data on 78.8 million people, marking what attorneys in the case called the largest data-breach settlement in history.
Only two insurers to offer Obamacare plans in Indiana next year
The Indiana Department of Insurance has yet to approve the insurers’ proposed higher rates, which will be for those buying individual plans on the Affordable Care Act marketplace next year.
UPDATE: Anthem leaving Obamacare exchanges in Ohio
One of the nation’s biggest health insurers says it will not return to Ohio’s public insurance exchanges next year, a decision that could open more holes in the Affordable Care Act’s increasingly thin system for helping people buy coverage.
Analysts struggled to predict Anthem-Cigna outcome (but don’t tell them that)
The proposed $48 billion merger of Anthem and Cigna kept Wall Street experts guessing for months.
Cigna wins judge’s approval to walk away from Anthem merger
The decision makes it virtually impossible for Anthem to salvage the merger and means the insurer could be on the hook for $1.85 billion in breakup fees and $13 billion in damages to Cigna.
EDITORIAL: Setback shouldn’t derail Anthem
we understand why Anthem’s board and management made an aggressive bid for increased scale—and we think their reasoning was well-founded. In fact, we welcome the company’s go-for-it mind-set.
Anthem asks judge to continue blocking Cigna’s merger exit
Judge Travis Laster said during a hearing Monday that it’s a “long shot” that Anthem can find a path to success after two federal courts found the $48 billion merger was crippled by antitrust problems.
Anthem asks Supreme Court to review blocked Cigna deal
Health insurer Anthem Inc. is not ready to give up its $48 billion bid for rival Cigna and now hopes to find a favorable audience in the U.S. Supreme Court.
With Anthem-Cigna deal all but dead, merger speculation is back on
Analysts say either Anthem or Cigna could make a move on Humana, which specializes in the fast-growing business of selling private health plans for the elderly.
UPDATE: Anthem loses appeal to overturn U.S. block of Cigna takeover
The decision is a likely final blow to Indianapolis-based Anthem’s bid to complete the $48 billion merger, which a lower-court judge had said should be stopped because it risked undermining competition in health-insurance markets.
Express Scripts rebounds as Anthem holds out hope of reconciliation
Express Scripts Holding Co. shares rose Wednesday after health insurer Anthem Inc., its biggest client, said it hasn’t ruled out using the pharmacy benefit manager after their contract expires.
Anthem threatens higher Obamacare rates if funds for poor stop
Health insurer Anthem Inc. threatened to raise rates for its Obamacare plans next year if the U.S. government stops funding subsidies for lower-income customers. The insurer is also considering exiting some Affordable Care Act markets altogether.
Express Scripts expects to be dumped by Anthem after 2019
The prescription drug manager said Indianapolis-based Anthem Inc., its biggest customer, doesn’t plan to extend its contract when it expires even though Express Scripts is offering major discounts.
Anthem CEO seeks changes to Obamacare replacement in Trump meeting
Anthem CEO Joseph Swedish this week talked with President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price about elements of the GOP plan that he’d like to see “enhanced.”
Anthem, Cigna blast one another over blocked insurer merger
Cigna Corp. and Anthem Inc. are trading accusations of harassment and sabotage in competing lawsuits as the two health companies feud publicly in the wake of a stalled $48 billion merger.
Judge blocks Cigna from scuttling $48 billion deal with Anthem
Indianapolis-based Anthem Inc. on Wednesday won a court ruling blocking Cigna Corp. from terminating a proposed merger between the health insurers until a judge could weigh arguments over the faltering deal at an April 10 hearing.
Valentine’s Day insurance breakups could mean massacre for ACA exchanges
The collapse of one potential mega-merger and the uncertain future of the other could hurt shoppers on the Affordable Care Act exchanges next year by leaving them with even fewer options and potentially higher prices.