Justice Department Moves To Block 2 Health Insurance Mergers

By John Ydstie

The Justice Department and a number of states filed suit today to block two big mergers in the health insurance industry. Anthem was planning to acquire Cigna, and Aetna sought to buy Humana. Justice Department officials said they had no doubt the mergers would reduce competition and hurt consumers.

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Source:: http://www.npr.org/2016/07/21/486933657/justice-department-moves-to-block-2-health-insurance-mergers?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=healthcare