OPINION: Why insurers want ObamaCare's Medicaid business

By Wendell Potter

Pay no attention to GOP governors; health insurers want that new Medicaid business.

Excerpts from this story referencing "AmeriGroup":

"… lion to buy the country’s largest private Medicaid managed care company, AmeriGroup. Rest assured that lobbyists for WellPoint and other firms wanting to get …"

"… ly 17 percent last year and Medicaid enrollment grew 6.3 percent. With the AmeriGroup acquisition, WellPoint’s Medicaid membership will more than double.While …"

"… l McDonald wrote in his report about WellPoint’s proposed acquisition of AmeriGroup, when the reform law is fully implemented in 2014 — and insurers will no …"

Health insurance PACs have love-hate relationship with health care reform

By Reity O'Brien

Health insurance PACs gave generously to reform opponents while supporting the Obama plan.