The insurer that wants to buy CareFirst is praised for its acumen by business analysts but not by doctors.The Baltimore Sun "The WellPoint Way" began the…
WellPoint's boss could get $194 million; Anthem's will get much less but do well.The Indianapolis Star Jamie Court said his group FTCR, which has fought similar…
Associated Press Schaeffer's compensation is drawing criticism from the Foundation for Taxpayers and Consumer Rights. The Santa Monica, Calif.-based nonprofit consumer advocacy group wants state and…
POTENTIAL WINDFALL RAISES QUESTIONSThe Daily News of Los Angeles "When a chief executive officer is handed that much money, patients get short changed because there is…
Donations called 'quid pro quo politics' after mergerMilwaukee Journal Sentinel (Wisconsin) The Wellpoint-related donations to Gov. Doyle follow a similar pattern the firm has set elsewhere,…
Six years ago its prognosis was poor. Today its expansion is being cheered by investors and challenged by consumer advocates.Los Angeles Times If its recent flurry…
?,§?led on state regulators and the Federal Trade Commission to investigate the proposed merger on grounds that it will lead to pillaging of corporate accounts by…
Associated Press "Hundreds of millions of dollars in pay-outs to HMO executives would undermine patient care and the stability of the merged company," said Jerry Flanagan…
Providers wonder how they and their patients will have to change to cope with the biggest managed-care merger to date.Modern Healthcare "When an HMO CEO is…
LA Times Medical insurance giant Aetna Inc., its own health faltering amid a growing public outcry over the managed-care industry, said Wednesday that it had received…
WellPoint executives could walk away with millions of dollars if Anthem merger OKdThe San Francisco Chronicle "It's just appalling," said Jerry Flanagan, health advocate with FTCR,…
The health insurer's executives could earn a total of $356 million as part of its acquisition by Anthem.Los Angeles Times Jamie Court, president of FTCR, criticized…
