sacramento business journal

Aetna Government Contract Discredited

Health Care Renewal  Mon, 11/23/2009 - 15:43

Last week, the Sacramento Business Journal reported on irregularities in how health insurance/ managed care giant Aetna obtained a contract with the US military health plan Tricare:

Aetna Inc. hired a former high-level Tricare employee with access to proprietary information about Health Net Inc.’s performance that could have given Aetna a competitive edge in its bid for a lucrative military health care contract, the U.S.

Government Accountability Office has concluded.