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Aetna CEO Threatened Obamacare Pullout If Feds Opposed Humana Merger

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MrZongle2 ◴[17 Aug 16 18:06 UTC] No.12306809[source]▶
And if the merger isn't blocked, what guarantee does Aetna make that they won't drop out of the exchanges anyway?
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1. mikestew ◴[17 Aug 16 18:09 UTC] No.12306841[source]▶
It does have the distinct smell of the broadband subsidies: "Give us money if you want us to roll out high-speed broadband."

"Thanks for the check. Oh, BTW, we decided high-speed broadband wasn't really working for us, so we nixed it."

Aetna deal goes through: "Shockingly, we're still losing money on exchanges, so we're not going to do that anymore. Thanks for letting that merger go through, though."