Prof. Vaaler Comments on Recent Healthcare Insurance Merger Activity

Professor Paul Vaaler commented on the recent increase in proposed mergers among large U.S. healthcare insurers in the context of the U.S. Supreme Court's consideration of key provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) also known as Obamacare. Vaaler conjectured that such activity would not be on the increase if health insurers felt that the forthcoming court decision would overturn key ACA provisions permitting subsidies for both state and federal healthcare insurance exchanges. Vaaler's conjecture was confirmed the following day when the court voted 6-3 to uphold these key ACA provisions. Vaaler appears every Wednesday morning at 8:20 a.m. on WCCO News Radio's Dave Lee Show.