Anthem to buy divested Centene-WellCare Medicaid plans in two states

Anthem will buy Medicaid operations owned by WellCare Health Plans in Missouri and Nebraska as part of a divestiture needed by Centene to win approval of its WellCare acquisition. Centene and WellCare executives Thursday said the divestiture of the WellCare Medicaid plans is the latest effort by the health insurance companies to win over regulators to their merger.