Health Insurance Competition

Patient Support & Advocacy

CVS-Aetna merger

The AMA aims to protect patients and physicians by actively opposing anticompetitive health insurer mergers.

10 states with largest decrease in competition levels

Patient Support & Advocacy

10 states where health insurance competition has fallen the most

These states are part of a trend that increasingly puts patients and physicians at a disadvantage with large health plans.

Map of U.S. with 10 states a different color

Patient Support & Advocacy

10 states with the least competitive health insurance markets

Find out if your state is on this top 10 list—one where patients and physicians definitely don’t want it to be.

Press Releases

Competition in commercial health insurance decreases since 2014

AMA study finds limited options as more health insurance markets are highly concentrated

Patient Support & Advocacy

Ensuring health insurance competition

Discover the AMA's position on health insurance mergers and why the AMA believes fewer insurance carriers undermine physician practices and harm patient care.

Patient Support & Advocacy

How CVS-Aetna case puts regulators on notice

The $69 billion deal was ultimately OK’d, but not before unprecedented legal scrutiny. Courts will no longer serve as a rubber stamp for megamergers.

AMA Statements

Court ruling in CVS-Aetna merger leaves patients unprotected

Judicial decision ultimately fails patients.

Patient Support & Advocacy

Competition in health insurance research

Learn about the current state of competition in health insurance markets across the U.S. and review in-depth analysis on market concentration.

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Health Insurance Competition

CVS-Aetna merger

10 states where health insurance competition has fallen the most

10 states with the least competitive health insurance markets

Competition in commercial health insurance decreases since 2014

Ensuring health insurance competition

How CVS-Aetna case puts regulators on notice

Court ruling in CVS-Aetna merger leaves patients unprotected

Competition in health insurance research

Membership Moves Medicine™