Court Battles Begin as U.S., States Sue to Halt Anthem, Aetna Mergers July 21, 2016 By Andrew Harris, Bloomberg and Zachary Tracer U.S. antitrust enforcers roundly rejected a pair of proposed deals that would consolidate the nation’s five biggest health insurers into...
U.S. Expected to Sue to Stop Anthem, Aetna Deals July 20, 2016 By David McLaughlin and Sara Forden U.S. antitrust officials are poised to file lawsuits to block Anthem Inc.’s takeover of rival health-insurer Cigna Corp. and Aetna...
New York Gives Aetna-Humana Merger Green Light with Conditions July 12, 2016 By Zachary Tracer and Greg Farrell New York’s insurance regulator has conditionally approved Aetna Inc.’s $37 billion takeover of Humana Inc., one of the last state...
Health Insurer Merger Interest Could Turn to Smaller Plans July 5, 2016 By David McLaughlin and Zachary Tracer A breakup of Anthem Inc.’s $48 billion bid for Cigna Corp., under scrutiny by U.S. antitrust regulators, could spark new...
Anthem Says It’s Not Walking Away from Cigna Merger June 29, 2016 By Zachary Tracer and Ari Altstedter Anthem Inc. said it’s not in discussions with Cigna Corp. to end their $48 billion tie-up, as speculation about the...
Democratic Senators Oppose Health Insurer Mergers June 23, 2016 By Diane Bartz Seven Democratic senators urged the U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday to block two mergers of major health insurance companies, saying...
Health Insurers Next on Justice Department’s Antitrust Agenda May 5, 2016 By David McLaughlin Bill Baer was the ultimate Washington antitrust insider when he came to the Justice Department in 2013: At law firm...
Virginia to Hold Hearing on Anthem’s Proposed Acquisiton of Cigna March 21, 2016 Virginia’s State Corporation Commission (SCC) announced that it will hold a public hearing in May to consider the competitive impact...
Hospitals Say Anthem-Cigna Merger Will Empower Blue Cross, Hurt Consumers March 2, 2016 By David McLaughlin U.S. hospitals are stepping up their bid to stop Anthem Inc.’s takeover of rival health insurer Cigna Corp., saying the...
15 State AGs Join Federal Antitrust Probe of Giant Health Insurers’ Mergers: Reuters January 12, 2016 By Diane Bartz About 15 state attorneys general have joined the Justice Department’s probe of two big insurance mergers, according to people familiar...