November 30, 2016
The U.S. Department of Justice accused Anthem Inc. of planning to stifle Cigna Corp.'s growth, during an antitrust trial Wednesday over a planned $54 billion merger, in another attempt by the government to show a D.C. federal judge the deal is anti-competitive.
November 29, 2016
Mere months after they announced their historic merger, Anthem Inc. and Cigna Corp. began quarreling behind closed doors over how to properly integrate the health insurance companies, according to newly unsealed transcripts from the U.S. Department of Justice's antitrust trial challenging the $54 billion deal.
November 28, 2016
A prominent health care economist warned a D.C. federal judge during an antitrust trial Monday that Anthem Inc.'s proposed $54 billion merger with Cigna Corp. would harm large-employer customers of the health insurance giants by raising prices and stifling innovation.
November 23, 2016
Anthem Inc. and Cigna Corp. leaders testified during an antitrust trial in D.C. federal court Wednesday that private health exchanges offer new competition that could help blunt the U.S. Department of Justice's claimed negative effects of a $54 billion merger between the insurance companies.
November 22, 2016
The Justice Department questioned witnesses Tuesday about Anthem’s efforts to attract Cigna customers, including bounty programs, as it attempts to prove to a D.C. federal judge that Anthem’s $54 billion deal for Cigna would stifle competition in an already consolidated health insurance market.
November 21, 2016
The Justice Department pushed a D.C. federal judge to block insurance giant Anthem's purchase of competitor Cigna Monday, maintaining throughout opening arguments of the antitrust trial that the new behemoth would push out competition without passing savings onto consumers.
November 17, 2016
A high-stakes trial starts Monday in the U.S. Department of Justice's challenge to Anthem's $54 billion acquisition of Cigna, and experts see a narrow but navigable path to victory for the insurance giant. Here's what attorneys need to know about the epic antitrust showdown.
November 14, 2016
On Monday, the D.C. federal judge presiding over the Department of Justice’s antitrust challenge to a $54 billion merger between Anthem Inc. and Cigna Corp. shot down various witness declarations the health insurers had hoped to use at trial next week.
October 17, 2016
Anthem Inc. and Cigna Corp. must give the government communications discussing possible breaches of their proposed $54 billion merger, and prosecutors don't have to provide the companies with specific details on how they believe the insurance market is split, a D.C. federal judge ruled Friday.
October 06, 2016
Anthem and Cigna should give the U.S. Department of Justice some parts of internal memos allegedly showing infighting between the two companies as part of the government's suit challenging their proposed $54 billion merger, a special master recommended to a D.C. federal judge Thursday.