Anthem-MU Health Coverage Impasse Affects 90K Missourians

Senate hearing ends in failed negotiations between Anthem and MU Health ...

MU Health Care and Anthem ‘have never been close’ to agreement, they tell Senate committee

MU Health's University Hospital in Columbia (photo by University of Missouri Health Care).A contract dispute that has tens of thousands of central Missouri residents looking for new health care providers remains at an impasse, and agreement has “never been close,” a state Senate committee was told Monday. University of Missouri Health Care has not been part of the Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield network since April 1, making services at one of cen…

Anthem-MU health coverage impasse affects 90K Missourians

MU Health Care and Anthem officials to testify before Missouri Senate committee Monday

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) As negotiations remain at a standstill, officials from MU Health Care and Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield will testify before a Missouri Senate Committee Monday afternoon. Since April 1, over 90,000 patients previously covered by Anthem have been in limbo, with many struggling to pay for care out-of-network. Troubles started after a

Missourians Left Behind in MU–Anthem Dispute

A breakdown in talks between Anthem and MU could lead to disastrous consequences for many Missouri families. Continued negotiations between MU Health Care and Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield have failed to produce a new agreement, leaving approximately 90,000 Missourians without commercial coverage more than four months after the original contract expired. On Monday, representatives from both organizations appeared before the Missouri Senate Insur…

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