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Pending Mergers Will Harm Health Insurance Competition: AMA

The nation’s doctors say the proposed mergers among four of the nation’s largest health insurance companies would violate federal antitrust guidelines and seriously erode health insurance competition. According to new special analyses of commercial health insurance markets issued today by …

How Is Obamacare Affecting Competition Among Health Insurers?

A snapshot of Obamacare enrollment in seven states suggests the law hasn’t significantly increased competition in health insurance markets, the Kaiser Family Foundation reported. In California, for example, four big insurers have largely carved up the state’s market. The divide …

South Carolina Health Insurance Market Among Least Competitive: AMA

An American Medical Association analysis found that South Carolina has one of the country’s least competitive health insurance markets. The country’s leading lobby group for physicians said South Carolina has the seventh least competitive commercial insurance markets after Alabama, Hawaii, …

Blue Cross Fights North Carolina Claim It Blocks Competition

North Carolina’s Blue Cross plan and the national Blue Cross licensing organization asked a federal court to reject a lawsuit claiming the company’s network of insurance plans across the country are limiting competition. The lawsuit contends the practice that bars …