Following the Department of Justice’s lawsuit about the pending payer megamergers, Anthem is the first of the four payers to file paper to fight the suit, according to Bloomberg.
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Anthem plans to fight the Department of Justice's lawsuit against its $25 billion Cigna acquisition, according to Reuters.
Despite several payers withdrawing from Affordable Care Act marketplaces, Cigna is expanding into new ACA markets, according to The Hill.
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If the Department of Justice successfully blocks the Aetna/Humana and Anthem/Cigna deals, the payers may likely acquire smaller payers, according to Insurance Journal.
Following news of the Justice Department filing a suit against the pending Anthem/Cigna and Aetna/Humana mergers, Aetna and Anthem both pledged to fight the suit in court, according to The Hill.
The payer marketplace endures another blow as Humana reported it will leave almost half of the Affordable Care Act's exchanges in 2017, according to The Hill.
The Justice Department's antitrust officials made a much-anticipated move by filing a suit against the pending Anthem/Cigna and Aetna/Humana mergers, according to MedPage Today.
