Data breach at health care company Anthem; 80 million customers' info at risk
The names, birthdays, medical IDs, Social Security numbers, street addresses, e-mail addresses and more for as many as 80 million people may have been stolen after Anthem, the nation's second-largest health insurance provider, suffered a massive data breach, the company said in a statement. Ref. USAToday
Anthem agrees to buy Cigna for $54.2 billion as mergers reshape health insurance industry
Deal creates the nation's largest health insurer by enrollment, covering about 53 million patients in the U.S. The deal comes just three weeks after the insurer Aetna bid $35 billion for Humana in a buyout frenzy that is set to transform five massive U.S. Health companies into three even larger ones. Ref. USAToday