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TODAY'S NUGGETS
🩺 It pays well to deny coverage. Cigna and longtime executive Eric Palmer are saying goodbye after more than 25 years together, but not without a parting gift. In a quiet Good Friday filing first reported by corporate accountability tracker footnoted, Cigna disclosed that as part of a lucrative severance package, Palmer will receive a combined $10 million in cold hard cash and equity, plus 18 months of paid health insurance coverage, on his way out the door. During Palmer’s tenure, Cigna was sued for allegedly using an algorithmic review process to deny patients’ claims in 2023. That year, the insurer denied more than one in five in-network claims for Affordable Care Act plans.
