Bad news for consumers. Anthem-Cigna merger hearing has been post-poned by the MO Dept of Insurance. A Missouri hearing would have given the department the opportunity to look into how the merger would affect MO consumers before it goes to a federal judge.
The department held a similar hearing for the merger between Aetna and Humana and ruled against this merger. A similar decision would have been important for the federal judge to know before ruling.
http://www.stltoday.com/business/local/missouri-department-of-insurance-postpones-anthem-cigna-hearing/article_efd3bbd5-f3f5-5df0-b894-fae728099bdf.html