{"id":10855,"date":"2026-03-02T23:02:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T23:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailitics.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/02\/health-care-inc-aetna-aca-hospital-prices-cigna-carepathrx-deal\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T23:02:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T23:02:20","slug":"health-care-inc-aetna-aca-hospital-prices-cigna-carepathrx-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailitics.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/02\/health-care-inc-aetna-aca-hospital-prices-cigna-carepathrx-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"STAT+: Aetna\u2019s ACA hospital prices, and a new Cigna deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    STAT+: Aetna\u2019s ACA hospital prices, and a new Cigna deal<br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><br \/>\n    <!-- no image --><br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><em>This is the online version of STAT\u2019s weekly email newsletter Health Care Inc.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/category\/health-care-inc\/\">Sign up here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Try this <a href=\"https:\/\/dialed.gg\/\" rel=\"noopener\">extremely fun color game<\/a>. How good are you at remembering and then creating a color you see? (I got 36.73\/50 \u2014 not good.) Color me impressed with all the tips and feedback you\u2019re sending: <a href=\"mailto:bob.herman@statnews.com\">bob.herman@statnews.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-aetna-paid-higher-prices-on-aca-plans\">Aetna paid higher prices on ACA plans<\/h2>\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-courtesy-serif-health\">\n<figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: auto; max-width: 622px; width: 622px;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3318816.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net\/hubfs\/3318816\/Screenshot%25202026-02-27%2520at%252011.09.10%2520AM.png?resize=622%2C496&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Screenshot 2026-02-27 at 11.09.10 AM\" width=\"622\" height=\"496\"><\/figure>\n<p>Courtesy: Serif Health<\/h5>\n<p>Aetna, the health insurance subsidiary of CVS Health,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2025\/05\/01\/aetna-abandon-affordable-care-act-health-insurance-marketplaces-cvs-health\/\" rel=\"noopener\">stopped selling Affordable Care Act plans<\/a> this year. The company said its ACA members had too many medical claims, with CEO David Joyner noting last year, \u201cThere is not a near- or long-term pathway for Aetna to materially improve its position in this product.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2026\/03\/02\/health-care-inc-aetna-aca-hospital-prices-cigna-carepathrx-deal\/?utm_campaign=rss\">Continue to STAT+ to read the full story\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> \t<BR><br \/>\n <BR><\/BR><br \/>\n    Bob Herman<br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2026\/03\/02\/health-care-inc-aetna-aca-hospital-prices-cigna-carepathrx-deal\/?utm_campaign=rss\">Go to statnews<\/a><br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n <BR><\/BR><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>STAT+: Aetna\u2019s ACA hospital prices, and a new Cigna deal This is the online version of STAT\u2019s weekly email newsletter Health Care Inc.\u00a0Sign up here. Try this extremely fun color game. 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