Could Aetna acquire WellCare?

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • | 4:06 p.m. October 26, 2011
  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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TAMPA -- Of the five largest health insurers in the U.S., Aetna Inc. (symbol: AET) has the fewest Medicare customers. That disparity makes Tampa-based WellCare Health Plans Inc. (symbol: WCG) a prime takeover target for the Hartford, Conn.-based firm, according to Bloomberg.

 

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