March 23, 2017
Anthem is making final preparations ahead of oral arguments Friday morning in the D.C. Circuit in its bid to salvage its $54 billion merger with Cigna, but the real action may be occurring on the sidelines as the insurer tries to broker a deal with the Trump administration.
February 22, 2017
The District of Columbia federal judge who preliminarily enjoined Anthem and Cigna's proposed $54 billion merger on Tuesday released the redacted opinion detailing her decision. Here, Law360 shares three insights gleaned by experts from U.S. District Judge Amy B. Jackson's analysis.
February 21, 2017
Anthem Inc.'s argument that its now on-the-rocks $54 billion merger with Cigna Corp. would generate some $2 billion in savings was not supported by the record and could not salvage the deal, according to a redacted opinion released Tuesday by the D.C. federal judge who blocked the transaction.
February 09, 2017
Anthem Inc. said it will appeal a D.C. federal judge's ruling blocking its proposed $54 billion acquisition of Cigna Corp., noting in a statement Thursday that the deal would have lowered health care costs and made more quality care available to consumers.
February 08, 2017
A District of Columbia federal judge on Wednesday forbade health insurance giants Anthem and Cigna from proceeding with a proposed $54 billion combination, agreeing with the government that the industry's largest-ever merger would create an unlawful concentration of market power.
January 25, 2017
A District of Columbia federal judge's recent ruling that preliminarily enjoined the merger of Aetna Inc. and Humana Inc. supports Anthem Inc.'s case against the U.S. Department of Justice over the insurer's proposed combination with Cigna Corp., Anthem said Wednesday.
January 04, 2017
A D.C. federal judge struggled Wednesday with what to make of Anthem Inc.'s claims that its $54 billion merger with Cigna Corp. will generate enormous medical savings for consumers, as a marathon bench trial of the government's challenge to the mega-deal came to a close.
January 03, 2017
A Princeton University economist claiming Anthem Inc.'s $54 billion merger with Cigna Corp. won't harm competition in the health insurance market met a cool reception Tuesday from a D.C. federal judge, who appeared skeptical of his analysis about market concentration during a bench trial.
December 22, 2016
After combining with Cigna Corp. in a $54 billion merger, Anthem Inc. will be able to reduce medical costs and offer enrollees more attractive health insurance products, Anthem's expert economist argued in D.C. federal court Thursday, defending the industry's largest-ever tie-up from the Department of Justice's antitrust challenge.
December 21, 2016
The U.S. Department of Justice's expert economist pushed forward the government's case against Anthem and Cigna's $54 billion tie-up, arguing Wednesday that even local hospital mergers or regional insurer expansions would be unable to counteract the bargaining power of the new insurance titan post-merger.