Health Insurance Mergers

Health Insurance Acquisitions Impede Competition in 24 States

by Vera Gruessner

The American Medical Association (AMA) announced today in a press release the results of a new study show that the health insurance acquisitions between Anthem-Cigna and Aetna-Humana would obstruct...

Why Aetna, Humana Argue in Favor of Health Insurance Merger

by Vera Gruessner

On July 21, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced during a press conference that they would be filing a lawsuit against two health insurance mergers between Aetna-Humana and Cigna-Anthem. The DOJ...

AMA Urges NY Regulators to Reject Health Insurance Mergers

by Vera Gruessner

The Anthem-Cigna and Aetna-Humana health insurance mergers are facing more and more scrutiny throughout the medical industry and among federal officials. While the US Department of Justice filed a...

How Health Insurance Mergers Could Change the Payer Industry

by Vera Gruessner

During the summer of 2015, Aetna and Humana, as well as Anthem and Cigna, started a merger process that would reduce four of the nation’s largest insurers down to just two. If the mergers are successful, only three payers would...

Did Aetna Need Merger to Stay in Health Insurance Exchanges?

by Vera Gruessner

More and more payers are slowly dropping out of the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance exchanges. Earlier this year, UnitedHealth formally announced the decision to discontinue selling plans...

Drop Outs in Exchanges, Health Insurance Merger Block Hit Market

by Vera Gruessner

The health insurance market seems to be heading toward more and more consolidation as the major payers Humana and Aetna along with Cigna and Anthem seem to be bent on merging, which would essentially...

Aetna Leaving Health Insurance Exchanges Due to DOJ Lawsuit

by Vera Gruessner

The latest news coming from the major health payer Aetna is its move to drop out of the majority of the health insurance exchanges it had been participating in this year. According to a press release...

Trial Date Set for Aetna-Humana Health Insurance Merger

by Vera Gruessner

Health insurance companies and private physician practices or hospitals have often been on opposite sides of the fence when it comes to operating their organizations and managing their patient base....

Will Divestitures Preserve the Health Insurance Mergers?

by Vera Gruessner

As previously reported, the insurance companies Aetna and Humana are attempting to preserve their health insurance merger by divesting millions of dollars in assets in order to satisfy the concerns of...

Top 3 Predictions for Health Insurance Industry News in August

by Vera Gruessner

The future of the health insurance industry changes depending upon the regulatory challenges happening at a particular time as well as consumer interests and provider needs transforming the healthcare...

Aetna Cancels its Expansion in Health Insurance Exchange

by Vera Gruessner

The national health payer Aetna continues to make headlines in the month of August after the public learned last month about the Department of Justice’s move to block Aetna’s major health...

ACA, Mergers, Value-Based Care Dominated Payer News in July

by Vera Gruessner

Last month, the news cycle was busy for the health insurance industry. Some of the key areas that seemed to make the biggest splash for the health insurance market includes the ongoing disputes...

Does Blocking Health Insurance Mergers Impact ACA Exchanges?

by Vera Gruessner

Last week, the Department of Justice announced that it will be filing lawsuits against the Anthem-Cigna and Aetna-Humana health insurance mergers. The issue at hand is that these health insurance...

Payers’ Perspective: Insurance Mergers Benefit Consumers

by Vera Gruessner

As previously reported, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced that it will be blocking the Anthem-Cigna and Aetna-Humana insurance mergers due to the potential harm it may bring to consumers...

Department of Justice Moves to Block Health Insurance Mergers

by Vera Gruessner

While there have been talks of the Department of Justice (DOJ) looking to block the Anthem-Cigna and Aetna-Humana health insurance mergers by filing lawsuits, the final decision was announced today at...

DOJ May File Lawsuits against Health Insurance Acquisitions

by Vera Gruessner

The health insurance acquisitions between Anthem and Cigna along with Aetna and Humana is likely to be blocked by the Department of Justice (DOJ). According to the American Hospital Association...

Health Insurance Mergers May Harm Consumer Interests

by Vera Gruessner

What does the future hold for the Cigna-Anthem and Aetna-Humana health insurance mergers? Currently, many experts point at the possibility that these health insurance mergers will face regulatory...

DOJ Sees Continued Opposition to Health Insurance Mergers

by Vera Gruessner

Last month, a number of senators came forward with some significant reservations about the health insurance mergers taking place between Anthem and Cigna as well as Aetna and Humana. According to a...

Opposition Increases to Aetna, Anthem Health Insurance Mergers

by Vera Gruessner

The health insurance mergers between Aetna and Humana along with Anthem and Cigna seem to have a fair amount of opposition from both healthcare organizations as well as politicians around the country....

Major Health Insurance Mergers May Leave Consumers “Worse Off”

by Vera Gruessner

Four of the top five major payers in the nation are looking to consolidate into two combined health insurance companies. The Anthem-Cigna and Aetna-Humana health insurance mergers could lead to a...