U.S. Healthcare Payers Merger Mania: Health Insurance Industry Consolidation to Lead to Provider Consolidation—a Boon for Healthcare Consulting

The ongoing merger-mania that is sweeping the five largest U.S. health insurers will have interesting implications for the consulting industry. The latest scorecard on the payer side has Cigna rejecting a $47.5 billion bid from Anthem; Aetna making an offer for Humana; and UnitedHealth in takeover talks with Aetna.

Laura Becker and Liz Leonard | June 25, 2015

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The ongoing merger-mania that is sweeping the 5 largest U.S. health insurers will have interesting implications for the consulting industry. The latest scorecard on the payer side has Cigna rejecting a $47.5 billion bid from Anthem; Aetna making an offer for Humana; and UnitedHealth in takeover talks with Aetna. The names involved with each deal may change before all is said and done, but ultimately significant deals are in the making.

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