Reliance on small-biz clients clouds WellPoint’s future
WellPoint Inc. has lost nearly 850,000 members from its commercial health plans this year, and come 2014, a large chunk of its lucrative small-employer clients are likely to seek health coverage through new insurance exchanges. That declining trend—headed toward a big cloud of uncertainty—has weighed on WellPoint’s shares, which suffered along with those of WellPoint […]