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Anthem said growth in the business of covering “dual eligibles”, people who qualify for both Medicare and Medicaid, has been slower than expected. But Anthem said one California county’s pilot program was withdrawn, and the insurer is seeing slow uptake from...

The deal, which could be announced as early as Thursday afternoon would value each share of Cigna at $188 for a total of $48 billion, according to The Wall Street Journal. An announcement could come later this week. Anthem and Cigna did not immediately respond to requests for...

A takeover approach for Humana earlier this year thrust the biggest health-insurance companies into a five-way merger frenzy.

Aetna’s acquisition of Humana appears to be part of a merger frenzy as the five biggest USA health insurers look to get bigger.

More than a third of the USA population has health coverage through an insurer that either wants to make a huge acquisition or is about to be swallowed up in one. Aetna will be acquiring all the shares of Humana in exchange of cash and their own shares. The 2010 overhaul of the...

However, insurance prices depend largely on the cost of health care locally, not how big an insurer gets nationally. (Humana; NYSE:HUM) on review for upgrade following the announcement that Aetna Inc.