With the news that UnitedHealth may pull out of PPACA exchanges after 2016, the fate of the Obama health care law may depend on how long Aetna and Anthem are willing to wait before making money off it.
The American Medical Association is asking regulators to block the health insurer mergers of Anthem-Cigna and Aetna-Humana saying it will harm patient care.
Premiums for the second-lowest-cost silver plans under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act are going up in 2016, the Department of Health and Human Services said.
Health Republic Insurance of New York, the PPACA insurer that got $265 million in U.S. loans, will stop selling policies and eventually cease operations under orders from regulators.