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Republican Senators continue work on health care reform legislation while another insurer withdraws from a state ACA marketplace; U.S. Senate and House of Representatives committees hold hearings this week on the cost of prescription drugs and funding for safety net health programs

By Thomas Dowdell (US) on June 12, 2017 Posted in News from DC

Last Tuesday, Senior Republican leadership in the Senate held a closed-door briefing for Republican Senate members regarding Senate health care reform legislation. Senior Republican leadership reportedly indicated that they favor the retention of guaranteed protections for individuals with preexisting conditions, a more gradual roll back of the expansion of Medicaid, and may opt to keep … Continue reading

DC Circuit affirms injunction against US$54b Anthem-Cigna merger

By Yvonne Puig (US) and Eric Hoffman (US) on May 1, 2017 Posted in Enforcement

A split DC Circuit panel affirmed a U.S. District Court’s permanent injunction against the US$54 billion merger between Anthem and Cigna, holding the district court did not abuse its discretion in enjoining the merger based on Anthem’s failure to show the extraordinary efficiencies necessary to offset the anticompetitive effect of the merger in fourteen states. … Continue reading