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Aetna Inc. (/ ˈ ɛ t n ə / ET-nə) is an American managed health care company that sells traditional and consumer directed health care insurance and related services, such as medical, pharmaceutical, dental, behavioral health, long-term care, and disability plans, primarily through employer-paid (fully or partly) insurance and benefit programs, and through Medicare.
In November 2012, Wellcare acquired Easy Choice Health Plan in California. [26] UnitedHealthcare's South Carolina Medicaid business was acquired in February 2013. [27] In April of that year, Aetna's Medicaid business in Missouri, Missouri Care, was acquired. [28] The Windsor Health Group was acquired by WellCare in January 2014. [29] [30]
Elevance Health, Inc. is an American for-profit health insurance provider. Prior to June 2022, Elevance Health was named Anthem, Inc . [ 2 ] The company's services include medical, pharmaceutical, dental, behavioral health, long-term care, and disability plans through affiliated companies such as Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Anthem Blue ...
Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, also known as BCBS, BCBSA, or The Blues, is a United States–based federation with 33 independent and locally operated BCBSA companies that provide health insurance to more than 115 million people in the U.S. as of 2022.
Coventry Health Care, Inc. was a health insurer in the United States. It had 3.7 million medical members, 1.5 million Medicare Part D members, and 900,000 Medicaid members. [ 2 ] In May 2013, the company was acquired by Aetna for $5.7 billion.
In the United States, Medicaid is a government program that provides health insurance for adults and children with limited income and resources. The program is partially funded and primarily managed by state governments, which also have wide latitude in determining eligibility and benefits, but the federal government sets baseline standards for state Medicaid programs and provides a ...
Molina Healthcare was founded in 1980 by C. David Molina, an emergency room physician in Long Beach, California. [4] He had seen an influx of patients using the emergency room for common illnesses such as a sore throat or the flu because they were being turned away by doctors who would not accept Medi-Cal.
Critics argue that Medicaid expansion has not reduced cost-sharing by a significant margin, as the amount households paid out of pocket for healthcare over the past ten years (in the form of deductibles, co-payments, etc.) rose by 77%. [247] Additionally, 30% of providers deny Medicaid patients, which affects the accessibility of quality care ...