Please sign this petition today to demand that Governor Malloy:  

• Replace Commissioner Wade in the review of the Cigna/Anthem merger and have the process begin anew with a truly independent actor who will put Connecticut’s interest over insurance companies.
• Pledge to not accept contributions from these companies in any political committees that you are associated with.

BACKGROUND:

Cigna and Anthem are spending big to push regulators to approve a giant merger — one that could drive premiums up and limit treatment and coverage options.

When Anthem’s plan to acquire Cigna was being negotiated in early 2015, Connecticut’s Democratic Gov. Dannel Malloy appointed Katharine Wade as his state’s insurance commissioner:  She was a longtime Cigna lobbyist whose father-in-law works at a law firm that lobbies for the company, whose mother and brother previously worked at Cigna, and whose husband still does. She was also a top official of the major lobbying group for the state’s health insurance industry. As commissioner, she appointed a top deputy who worked at Cigna and she had a former longtime Cigna employee serve as an agency counsel in the merger review. As Wade continues to oversee Connecticut’s review of Cigna’s merger, she recently secured a position chairing a healthcare policy committee for insurance commissioners across the country.

Malloy’s decision to appoint Wade to such a powerful regulatory post on the eve of the merger was not made in a vacuum. It came after employees of Cigna, its lobbying firm Robinson & Cole and Anthem delivered more than $1.3 million to national and state political groups affiliated with Malloy, including the Democratic Governors Association (DGA), the Connecticut Democratic Party, Malloy’s own gubernatorial campaign and a political action committee supporting Connecticut Democrats.

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Related articles:

International Business Times by David Sirota

Connecticut Groups Call For Dan Malloy To Remove Insurance Regulator In Anthem-Cigna Merger International Business Times by David Sirota AND Clark Mindock

Consumer Group Demands Insurance Commissioner Recuse Herself On Cigna Merger The Hartford Courant by Ana Radelat- The CT Mirror

CT State Medical Society Press Release: Download

CT Finance News Interview: Download

The Capitol Forum: Download

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