By Tracy Seipel, MERCURY NEWS https://www.mercurynews.com/2016/01/21/californias-four-largest-health-plans-could-owe-state-10-billion-in-back-taxes/# California's four largest health plans may be on the hook for $10 billion in state back taxes -- and at least $1 billion every year going forward -- if a closely watched legal case...

By Victoria Colliver, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONILCE https://www.sfgate.com/health/article/Blue-Shield-of-California-loses-tax-exempt-status-6143739.php The state Franchise Tax Board has stripped Blue Shield of California of its tax-exempt status, a move that could make the 76-year-old San Francisco health insurer responsible for paying millions in state income...

Sacramento Bee The Foundation for Consumer and Taxpayer Rights has lost the first round in its legal fight to force the state to collect $500 million in alleged unpaid taxes from Blue Cross of California, the insurance company said...

By  Laura B. Benko, GALE ONFILE https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA126018328&sid=sitemap&v=2.1&it=r&p=HRCA&sw=w&userGroupName=anon%7E4daaaeb2&aty=open-web-entry It's official: There's a new world order in the health insurance industry. Modern Healthcare After 13 months of controversy and regulatory setbacks, Anthem last week finally closed its $16.4 billion acquisition of WellPoint...

Anthem, WellPoint clear Georgia hurdle. Sacramento Bee Anthem Inc. and WellPoint Health Networks Inc. completed their $16.5 billion merger on Tuesday, after making concessions to Georgia's insurance commissioner that removed the final regulatory resistance to creating the nation's largest health...

The final approval today of the merger of HMO giants WellPoint Health Networks and Anthem Inc. by the Georgia insurance commissioner is "a 9-figure Christmas gift for company executives at a time when patients have to fight for basic health care coverage," according to Jerry Flanagan of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights (FTCR).

By Evan Pondel, DAILY NEWS Anthem joins with WellPoint Anthem Inc. and WellPoint Health Networks Inc. said Tuesday that they had completed their $16.5-billion merger after Georgia's insurance commissioner approved the deal earlier in the day. The transaction -- creating the...

By Thuy-Doan Le, SACRAMENTO BEE The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights has filed a lawsuit to force the state to collect what the foundation says is $500 million in unpaid taxes from Blue Cross of California, a subsidiary...