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In 2015, Cigna made a bid for Humana, which it ultimately lost to Aetna . But the potential Aetna-Humana merger failed when federal judges intervened on the basis of antitrust concerns.
U.S. health insurers Cigna and Humana are in talks to merge, a potential deal likely to face aggressive scrutiny from the U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) if antitrust history with similarly sized ...
(Reuters) -U.S. health insurer Cigna is in talks to merge with peer Humana, a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday, a deal that could exceed $60 billion in value and would be certain ...
Aetna and Humana shareholders would own 74% and 26% of the new combined company, however the merger was blocked by a federal judge in January 2017. [15] [16] In February 2017, Aetna Inc. and Humana Inc. quashed a $34 billion merger agreement after judges ruled against the merger for a second time. [17]
In 2017, CVS Health announced a merger with Aetna, completing in November 2018. [38] The takeover of PBMs have drawn regulator resistance because of fears they foster an anti-competitive environment. Insurance companies have charged that the PBM model has contributed to high drug prices because PBMs take a commission on each transaction. [39] [40]
Aetna Inc. (/ ˈ ɛ t n ə / ET-nə) is an American managed health care company that sells traditional and consumer directed health care insurance and related services, such as medical, pharmaceutical, dental, behavioral health, long-term care, and disability plans, primarily through employer-paid (fully or partly) insurance and benefit programs, and through Medicare.
Aetna, Humana, UnitedHealth Group also exited various individual markets. Many local Blue Cross plans sharply narrowed their networks. In 2016 two thirds of individual plans were narrow-network HMO plans. [42] One of the causes of insurer losses is the lower income, older and sicker enrollee population.
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