CareFirst leaves Healthy D.C.; city to move forward with plan

The city will move toward universal health care without the aid of insurer CareFirst, whose apparent withdrawal from the evolving Healthy D.C. initiative has angered city leaders and could spur legislation targeting its revenues.

Healthy D.C. was unveiled as a publicly subsidized partnership between the District and CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, in which about 25,000 uninsured city residents would pay a small percentage of their income to get on the insurance rolls.