Aetna's Texas Agreement Might Have National Impact.
Aetna U.S. Healthcare U.S. Healthcare is a now-defunct healthcare company. The logo had an apple. The merger with Aetna
In 1996, the company merged with Aetna, calling it Aetna U.S. Healthcare. The U.S. Healthcare apple logo was next to the Aetna name, and U.S. Healthcare under it. U.S. has reached an agreement in a lawsuit lawsuit: see procedure; tort. with the Texas Attorney Generals office that may set a new standard for the managed-care industry in the state, with possible national ramifications ramifications npl → Auswirkungen pl . The agreement calls for Aetna to terminate its all-or-nothing rule requiring all participating doctors to contract with all of its products.
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