Susan Morse
Commercial plans are following Medicare's lead, but physicians need more flexibility, experts say.
Among the biggest concerns for insurers is stabilizing the individual market and ACA marketplace as health insurance transitions under a new Republican plan.
Republican approvals move American Health Care Act to House budget votes.
American Health Care Act provision would raise the cap on the annual corporate income tax deduction for CEO and other top executives from $500,000 to $1 million.
In January, Elliott Management bought 8.3 percent shares in The Advisory Board for $130 million.
While insurers will be able to price products more aggressively for seniors, they can expect volatility in the individual market from lack of mandates.
President Donald Trump touts the competitive advantage of allowing insurers to do business across state lines, but payers might not bite.
The biggest worry is that hospitals and physicians could bear the cost of uncompensated care the way they did before passage of the ACA.
Projected federal cost to pay for Obamacare insurance in 2019 lowered to $148 billion from $214 billion, CBO says.
Cigna defers to Anthem in arguing the appeals court should allow the $54 billion merger.