A Perfect Storm Why approving the Highmark/IBC merger will damage the Pennsylvania economy and set it on the wrong direction for health care reform

Posted by D. Daniel Sokol

David Balto (Center for American Progress) has posted his successful white paper that played an important role in the PA Insurance Commission blocking a merger between Highmark/IBC merger which would have consolidated the two largest Blue Cross plans in Pennsylvania.  See A Perfect Storm Why approving the Highmark/IBC merger will damage the Pennsylvania economy and set it on the wrong direction for health care reform.