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Walmart is in the early stages of talks to buy health insurer Humana, according to The Wall Street Journal.
A deal between the two huge companies would be the latest in a series of mergers in the health care industry in recent months.
Walmart (WMT) and Humana (HUM) are looking at a variety of options, including an acquisition, the Journal reported late Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter.
Shares in Humana, which has a market value of more than $37 billion, leaped about 11% in after-hours trading following the report. Shares in Walmart, whose market value tops $263 billion, declined around 1%.
The nation's largest health insurers have been looking for other options since federal judges and the US Department of Justice helped quash Humana's attempted merger with Aetna (AET) and Anthem's (ANTX) planned acquisition of Cigna (CI) last year, citing antitrust
http://money.cnn.com/2018/03/29/investing/walmart-humana-deal-talks/index.html
Louis1895
(768 posts)I thought it said,
Walmart is reportedly in talks to buy Humans
FarCenter
(19,429 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)superpatriotman
(6,247 posts)And Medicare, too?