Consumer Watchdog

San Diego Union Tribune

As quickly as the offer from the parent company of Wellpoint Health Networks Inc. to Aetna Inc. was announced this week, the opposition to the proposed deal was being heard.

Oaks Project Opinion Editorial By Jeff Christopherson

Ventura County Star

They are pulling our strings again and most of us haven't a clue, but we could find one if we look back at the last election.

Contrary to the implications of the Health Plans' statements, we believe your constituents should never have to choose between access to health coverage and the right to trial should an HMO injure them.

Insurance Industry Spends $22 Million on Advertisements Alone

Compromise Could Endanger More Generous State Law Reforms

The composition of the conference committee of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate meeting today to discuss HMO reform is unfairly tilted toward the HMO industry and against the patient, the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights (FTCR) said

New York TImes

Aetna Inc. said yesterday that it had received a $9.9 billion purchase offer last week from ING America Insurance Holdings, a financial services company in the Netherlands, and WellPoint Health Networks, a California-based national managed care company.

Washington Post

Aetna Inc., the nation's largest health insurer, said yesterday that it had received a $ 10.3 billion joint buyout offer from WellPoint Health Networks Inc., a California-based health insurance company, and ING America Insurance Holdings Inc., part of a D

LA Times

Medical insurance giant Aetna Inc., its own health faltering amid a growing public outcry over the managed-care industry, said Wednesday that it had received a $ 10.3-billion takeover offer from a partnership that includes smaller rival WellPoint Health N