(Bloomberg) — Aetna Inc. is quitting the health insurance industry’s main lobbying group, dealing a second blow to the organization just months after the exit of UnitedHealth Group Inc.
With Aetna’s departure, two of the five biggest public U.S. health insurers, covering about 65 million people, will have ditched America’s Health Insurance Plans. The other three — Anthem Inc., Cigna Corp. and Humana Inc. — are still members, according to Clare Krusing, an AHIP spokeswoman. The group represents about 200 members, including a number of smaller insurers and nonprofit insurance plans.
