Patient Support & Advocacy
Health insurance competition is sorely lacking, AMA research shows, and growing consolidation is not bringing lower premiums for patients.
Press Releases
New AMA study finds half of all states had commercial health insurance markets that were less competitive in 2017 than the previous year.
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AMA Statements
AMA welcomes the DOJ requiring Aetna to divest its Medicare Part D business, but disappointed that they didn’t go further by blocking the CVS-Aetna merger.
Learn about the current state of competition in health insurance markets across the U.S. and review in-depth analysis on market concentration.
If allowed, the merger would likely harm competition in many health care markets, to the detriment of patients.
AMA urges U.S. Department of Justice to block the proposed acquisition of Aetna, Inc. by CVS Health Corporation.
Insurance company mergers often result in less health insurance market competition, higher premiums, lower payments to physicians and concern over quality.
Citing AMA and others, California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones says proposed merger would hurt competition in PBM, Medicare Part D markets.
The proposed merger of the pharmacy chain and insurance giant would harm competition in nearly 90 percent of Medicare Part D regional markets, the AMA says.
