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Index 2000: Coverage by health planAetna - Anthem - CIGNA - Foundation - Harvard - Health Care Services Corp. - Highmark - Humana - Kaiser Permanente - Oxford - PacifiCare - United - WellPoint - 2001 index
Aetna Inc. 2000Aetna, based in Hartford, Conn., is the nation's largest health insurer, with operations in all 50 states. Aetna has converted from a general insurance to health insurance only, in part thanks to acquisitions such as U.S. Healthcare and Prudential's health unit in the Northeast and NYLCare's operations in Texas.
Anthem Inc. 2000Anthem, based in Indianapolis, is one of the nation's largest operators of Blue Cross Blue Shield plans, with a presence in Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Maine, Colorado and Nevada.
CIGNA Health Care 2000Cigna, based in Philadelphia, is a rarity -- a health insurer that is involved in other kinds of insurance as well. Cigna is strongest in the Northeast and West. It's the third-largest private health insurer in the nation.
foundation Foundation Health Systems 2000Foundation, based in Woodland Hills, Calif., runs private managed-care networks in the West. Harvard Pilgrim Health Care 2000Harvard Pilgrim, based in Brookline, Mass., is a nonprofit health plan prominent in the Northeast. It pulled out of numerous states because of financial troubles and now operates almost solely in Massachusetts.
hcs Health Care Service Corp. 2000HCSC, based in Chicago, owns the Blue Cross Blue Shield plans in Illinois and Texas. Like most Blues plans, it's trying to expand, what with the recent purchases of Blues plans in New Mexico, Washington, Oregon, Utah and Idaho. Highmark 2000Highmark, based in Pittsburgh, runs Blues plans in western Pennsylvania.
Humana Inc. 2000Humana, based in Louisville, Ky., once was a for-profit hospital company before jettisoning that business in favor of insurance. It is particularly strong in the South.
Kaiser Permanente 2000Kaiser Foundation Health Plans, based in Oakland, Calif., have among the last of the staff-model HMOs. The company runs physician groups, hospitals and health plans in 11 Western, Midwestern and Southeastern states, plus Washington, D.C. It's the largest nonprofit HMO in the country.
Oxford Health Plans 2000Oxford, based in Trumbull, Conn., has a strong presence in the Northeast.
PacifiCare Health Systems 2000PacifiCare, based in Santa Ana, Calif., runs private health plans mostly in the West and Southwest. It jumped into Medicare managed care further than most plans, and as a result the company has had some financial struggles.
Trigon Healthcare Inc. 2000Trigon, based in Richmond, Va., runs the Blues plan inVirginia and has operations throughout the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic regions. UnitedHealth Group 2000UnitedHealth Group, based in Minnetonka, Minn., runs its health plans under its UnitedHealthcare subsidiary. Its presence is strongest in the Midwest and South; it is the nation's second largest private health insurer.
WellPoint Health Networks 2000WellPoint, based in Thousand Oaks, Calif., runs Blue Cross of California, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia, and various other plans nationwide under its Unicare subsidiary.
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