{"id":3331,"date":"2016-06-24T11:34:59","date_gmt":"2016-06-24T15:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=3331"},"modified":"2016-06-24T11:34:59","modified_gmt":"2016-06-24T15:34:59","slug":"california-insurance-commissioner-weighs-in-against-aetna-humana-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=3331","title":{"rendered":"California Insurance Commissioner Weighs In Against Aetna-Humana Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Ana B. Ibarra for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n<p>California\u2019s insurance commissioner on Thursday recommended that federal officials block Aetna Inc.\u2019s proposed $37 billion acquisition of Humana Inc., saying the deal would suppress market competition and harm consumers.<\/p>\n<p>The official opinion of Dave Jones came just three days after California\u2019s other health insurance regulator, the Department of Managed Care, <a href=\"http:\/\/californiahealthline.org\/news\/california-regulator-signs-off-on-37-billion-aetna-humana-insurance-merger\/\" target=\"_blank\">approved<\/a> the planned transaction. Just a week ago, Jones <a href=\"http:\/\/californiahealthline.org\/news\/california-insurance-commissioner-urges-feds-to-block-54-billion-anthem-cigna-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\">urged<\/a> the federal government to block another mega-merger, Anthem Inc.\u2019s $54 billion offer for Cigna Corp, also on competitive grounds. <a href=\"http:\/\/khn.org\/news\/california-insurance-commissioner-weighs-in-against-aetna-humana-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read article here&#8230;&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font: 15px\/1.6 'Open Sans', serif; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: #444444; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; widows: 1; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: inherit; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">Kaiser Health News\u00a0is\u00a0a nonprofit national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. 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