Cigna Medicare Advantage sale intensifies, teeing up Humana deal

By John Tozzi, Michelle F. Davis and Gillian Tan
Published 3 Min Read

Bloomberg

Cigna Group’s potential tie-up with Humana would almost certainly face the kind of tough antitrust scrutiny that has derailed other health insurance mega-mergers.

In recent months, Cigna has been taking steps to get around that hurdle by shopping its relatively smaller Medicare Advantage business, a move that made little sense on its own before news broke of the Cigna-Humana talks.

John Tozzi, Michelle F. Davis and Gillian Tan

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