Anthem-Cigna Merger Trial Judge Gets the Moneyball Treatment

[caption id="attachment_37296" align="aligncenter” width="453"][Image “An American flag flies above a Cigna Corp. flag at the company’s headquarters in Bloomfield, Connecticut. Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg” (src=https://bol.bna.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/307351632_1-12-e1481556392773.jpg)]An American flag flies above a Cigna Corp. flag at the company’s headquarters in Bloomfield, Connecticut. Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg[/caption]

With legal approval for a $48 billion mega-merger at stake, all eyes are on a Washington, D.C. federal judge who will rule on the U.S. government’s antitrust lawsuit seeking to block Anthem’s proposed acquisition of Cigna.

The combination, if approved, would create the biggest merger in the history of the American health-insurance industry.

The case, United ...