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U.S. District Judge John D. Bates of the District of Columbia ordered the Anthem-Cigna merger case be reassigned to another judge, according to Business Insurance.

Leading national payers have suffered big losses on the Affordable Care Act exchanges, and many payers seek consolidation as a means to thrive in the competitive insurer marketplace. However, antitrust regulators are concerned the pending payer deals will cut competition,…

A report from the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention said nearly 45,000 young adults in Rhode Island were still uninsured after the widespread implementation of the Affordable Care Act. 

As U.S. healthcare costs continue to rise while reimbursements continue to fall, ambulatory surgery centers have demonstrated an ability to control costs and save money – $38 billion, in fact.

The House Republican Study Committee proposed HR 2653, which would repeal the Affordable Care Act and replace it with several programs, including high-risk pools, according to The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.

The U.S. Census Bureau compiled data from 2014 which shows the number of uninsured Americans has declined since 2013.

This week, Anthem asked Judge John Bates of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to fast-track its trial over its Cigna merger, according to The New York Times.

By filing lawsuits against payer mega-mergers, the U.S. Department of Justice has inadvertently made a case against a single-payer healthcare system, according to a blog on The Hill.

Major payer Aetna reported it was not going through with expansion plans and indicated it may leave all Affordable Care Act insurance exchanges, according to Bloomberg.

After suffering hefty losses, two more co-ops are filing lawsuits against the Obama administration over the Affordable Care Act's risk-corridor program, according to Wall Street Journal.