Susan Morse
Individual mandate and Medicaid expansion in Obamacare may remain in Senate plan.
New process allows them to start and finish their application through a third-party website managed by direct enrollment partners.
The cost of the Senate Finance Committee bipartisan bill to modernize Medicare would be offset by $455 million in savings.
New plan replaces Affordable Care Act mandate for small business insurance coverage.
Several representatives purchased shares in a company named by HHS Secretary Tom Price during his confirmation hearings, Politico reports.
Anthem is fighting back against paying Cigna the $1.8 billion termination fee, saying Cigna refused to support the merger.
The acquisition represents Optum's first venture into the Massachusetts provider market.
Anthem accuses Cigna of sabotaging deal and says it will not pay the $1.8 billion break-up fee that was initially part of the agreement.
Insurer has announced it is leaving the last two markets in which it offered exchange products, Delaware and Nebraska.
Wisconsin and Maine are seeking Medicaid waivers to impose work requirements and time limits in both states, according to Kaiser Family Foundation report.