STATEWIDE -- Contract negotiations between Northern Light Health and insurance giant Anthem are growing more contentious, with the two trading words and blaming each other for a breakdown in negotiations.

Anthem issued a statement Wednesday saying in part, "For the second time in two months, Northern Light Health has walked away from negotiations with Anthem, including abandoning the mediation process we both agreed to. While we have more than doubled our initial offer, now up to a 5% increase for commercial business, Northern Light has reduced its demand only slightly..."

Northern Light Health countered with their own response, saying, “Northern Light Health is disappointed to hear that Anthem publicly disseminated egregious misrepresentations of our mediation discussions. We have made

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