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DQ.7.1. To Acquire or Not to Acquire

 

The federal Department of Justice filed suit to block the Cigna-Anthem merger.  In May 2018,  Cigna announced its intention to merge with Express Scripts.  How are these two actions similar?  Different?  How does this differ from the proposed Walmart-Humana merger?

DQ.7.2. All Come Together

 

Scan this series of journal articles and opinion pieces (found is the Course Content folder).

· Gaynor, M., & Haas-Wilson, D.  (1999).  

· Cuellar A.E., & Gertler, P.J. (2003). 

· Cuellar A.E., & Gertler, P.J. (2005). 

· Vogt, W.B., & Town, R. (2006). 

· Deloitte (2014). 

· Gooch, K. (2016

· Barker, E., (2017). 

· Kandrach, M. (2018). 

· Nickels, T. (2018). 

What has caused this over two decade trend of consolidation?  Is it likely to continue?  Why?  Is this a good thing or not?  What has been the impact on patients, providers, payors?