With Merging of Insurers, Questions for Patients About Costs and Innovation
on Sun, 2015-07-05 00:00 marcos
The nation’s five largest health insurance companies are circling one another like hungry lions closing in on prey.
On Friday, Aetna said it would acquire its smaller rival Humana to create a company with combined revenues of $115 billion this year. Anthem is stalking Cigna. UnitedHealth Group, now the largest of the five, is looking at its options. At the end of the maneuverings, three national behemoths are likely to emerge.
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[1] http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/06/business/with-merging-of-insurers-questions-for-patients-about-costs-and-innovation.html?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20393585&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_n2FsvN9nxJml2YeOiMGD3CEG7j5k-ZqOC3YUDDIfMd4prL-VoFRHlOgYv5CXdw5Shkyy-wrx2i11ifUNrjFtaQ5Ob2A&_hsmi=20393585&_r=1