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Cigna’s purchase of Express Scripts: Drug price relief ahead?

Mar 8, 2018
Health insurance giant Cigna announced its intent Thursday to buy Express Scripts, a company that negotiates prescription drug deals on behalf of insurers and large employers. This merger comes on the heels of the CVS-Aetna deal late last year, which is also, in part, a marriage between an insurer and a pharmacy benefit manager – […]

The Cigna CEO on what happens when health care is politicized

Nov 15, 2017
But at least, he says, we're all talking about health care now.
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Why the Justice Dept may block health insurer mergers

Jul 20, 2016
Mega mergers could mean less quality, higher costs - and dampened innovation
Anthem is one of the major insurance providers in attempting a merger. 
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Does creating the U.S.'s biggest insurer help patients?

Jun 20, 2016
Anthem and Cigna are already two of the five biggest health insurers
Insurance giant Anthem is in the process of acquiring Cigna for $48 billion. 
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Will health insurance mergers help or hurt consumers?

Jul 23, 2015
Industry giants Anthem and Cigna are closing in on a $48 billion deal.

$48 billion Anthem-Cigna deal could be close

Jul 23, 2015
Obamacare is behind the wave of proposed health insurer mergers.

U.S. head of Cigna on the health care decision

Jun 29, 2012
U.S. health insurance companies put in a tremendous amount of work for a health reform law that could have been vaporized. We speak to Matt Manders, U.S. head of Cigna, one of the country's biggest insurers, on the Supreme Court ruling.

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