A common theme in our FrenkelySpeaking blog is the reformation of the health insurance industry. While there is very rapid contraction in the established medical insurer market — especially now with the Anthem-Cigna and Aetna-Humana deals pending — there are many new market entrants. I have summarized these below:
The federal effort at incubating healthcare co-ops has been a dismal failure. Many are closing and those that remain are on shaky grounds. It will be interesting to see if any survive.