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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 ...
Humana is the second-biggest player in the fast-growing market for Medicare Advantage plans, under which private insurers are paid a set rate to manage healthcare for people age 65 and older or ...
The Cigna Group is an American multinational for-profit managed healthcare and insurance company based in Bloomfield, Connecticut. [2] [3] Its insurance subsidiaries are major providers of medical, dental, disability, life and accident insurance and related products and services, the majority of which are offered through employers and other groups (e.g., governmental and non-governmental ...
Humana Inc. is an American for-profit health insurance company based in Louisville, Kentucky. In 2023, the company ranked 42 on the Fortune 500 list, [2] which made it the highest ranked (by revenues) company based in Kentucky. It is the fourth largest health insurance provider in the U.S. [3]
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.
The government is set to begin negotiating prices on the 10 costliest prescription drugs covered by Medicare this week, setting the stage for a fierce tug of war between U.S. officials and drugmakers.
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]
A formulary is a list of pharmaceutical drugs, often decided upon by a group of people, for various reasons such as insurance coverage or use at a medical facility. [1] Traditionally, a formulary contained a collection of formulas for the compounding and testing of medication (a resource closer to what would be referred to as a pharmacopoeia ...