Obamacare’s insurers struggle for stability amid Trump threats
Obamacare is stuck in limbo, and insurers and state regulators are struggling to set their plans for what’s increasingly shaping up as a chaotic year for the health-care program.
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Fixes for ‘Obamacare’ markets not enough to impress insurers
The White House remained mum on the biggest concern. Insurers, doctors, hospitals and the business community have asked President Trump to preserve cost-sharing subsidies that pare down high deductibles and copayments for consumers with modest incomes.
Analysts: Anthem likely to pull back from Obamacare in 2018
An exit by Indianapolis-based Anthem Inc. could be devastating to the health care law, limiting coverage options for consumers.
Insurers deny claims based on questionable cell tower data
Insurers are using cell phone location data to deny property claims by casting doubt that customers were where they said they were. Experts disagree about the accuracy of such investigations.
Indiana enrollment in health exchanges plunges 11 percent
As Republicans pushed to end the Affordable Care Act, nearly 22,000 fewer Hoosiers bought health coverage on the exchanges, a decline some say could hurt hospitals.
Holcomb urges Congressional support of jeopardized GOP health care bill
The fate of the Republicans’ health care bill hangs in the balance, but Gov. Eric Holcomb is giving it his support.
CNO Financial shakes up executive ranks
The Carmel-based insurance holding company on Tuesday replaced its senior vice president for marketing and communications and the leaders of two of its three insurance subsidiaries.
Indiana Democrats raise alarm bells on Medicaid cuts
Indiana officials are sounding alarm bells about a plan by Republicans in Congress to cut Medicaid spending.
Anthem CEO seeks changes to Obamacare replacement in Trump meeting
Anthem CEO Joseph Swedish this week talked with President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price about elements of the GOP plan that he’d like to see “enhanced.”
OneAmerica bets big on long-term-care market
Fast-growing business lines are hard to come by in the insurance industry. Locally based OneAmerica Financial Partners Inc. has one on its hands, and it’s beefing up efforts to capitalize.
MDwise to exit Hoosier Care Connect program, cut 80 workers
MDwise said it could not reach an agreement with the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration’s Office of Medicaid Policy and Planning over payment rates for the Hoosier Care Connect program.
Trump tells Anthem, other health insurers to expect ‘something special’
The meeting between the president and U.S. health insurers on Monday was a chance for the industry to weigh in on promised changes to the Affordable Care Act that are beginning to come into focus.
Anthem’s loveless marriage heads toward predictable end
Doubters about the $48 billion Anthem-Cigna merger have been in abundance from the start—both on antitrust grounds and on concerns over cultural fit.
As pricing criticism mounts, Lilly, other drugmakers roll out pay for performance
In Lilly’s partnership with Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, the not-for-profit insurer gets additional rebates if fewer patients using Lilly's diabetes treatment Trulicity meet blood sugar goals than expected.
Anthem, Cigna blast one another over blocked insurer merger
Cigna Corp. and Anthem Inc. are trading accusations of harassment and sabotage in competing lawsuits as the two health companies feud publicly in the wake of a stalled $48 billion merger.
Baldwin & Lyons sees rising profit, revenue on premium growth
Baldwin & Lyon’s said gross premiums written during the fourth quarter totaled a record $104.9 million, 7.2 percent higher than the fourth quarter of 2015.
Judge blocks Cigna from scuttling $48 billion deal with Anthem
Indianapolis-based Anthem Inc. on Wednesday won a court ruling blocking Cigna Corp. from terminating a proposed merger between the health insurers until a judge could weigh arguments over the faltering deal at an April 10 hearing.
Anthem sues to block Cigna from terminating $48B merger
In the lawsuit, Anthem blasted Cigna, accusing it of repeated efforts to sabotage their proposed merger.
Valentine’s Day insurance breakups could mean massacre for ACA exchanges
The collapse of one potential mega-merger and the uncertain future of the other could hurt shoppers on the Affordable Care Act exchanges next year by leaving them with even fewer options and potentially higher prices.
Cigna seeks to terminate merger with Anthem, sues insurer for $13B
Indianapolis-based Anthem responded almost immediately Tuesday by saying Cigna does not have the right to cancel the deal.