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Obama administration moves to block health insurance mega-mergers

Obama administration moves to block health insurance mega-mergers

The Obama administration went to court Thursday to block two major health insurance mergers, siding with consumer advocates and medical groups worried that the consolidation of large national health plans could lead to higher premiums.The long-anticipated move by the Justice Department and attorneys general in California and 10 other states, will at least temporarily prevent Anthem Inc.'s $48-billion purchase of Cigna Corp., a combination that would create the nation's largest health insurer.And it will stop Aetna Inc.'s $34-billion bid to acquire Humana Inc., a merger that would have combined the nation's third- and fifth-biggest health plans.


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Arizona becomes the last state to provide health insurance to low-income children

Arizona becomes the last state to provide health insurance to low-income children

Arizona is rejoining a children's health insurance program for low and middle-income families, becoming the last state in the union to provide coverage for health care, dental care, speech therapy and other services to families who don't qualify for Medicaid.The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced Monday that it had approved Arizona's plan to unfreeze enrollment in the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), effective Tuesday.The insurance program, funded jointly by the state and federal governments, covers children up to age 18 whose families earn too much to qualify for Medicaid but don't have their own health insurance.