News this week that Humana would depart as a member of the nation’s powerful health insurance trade group is the latest cost-cutting move amid speculation the insurer is looking for a merger partner.
Humana is leaving America’s Health Insurance Plans, the lobby that includes Anthem, Centene, Cigna and Kaiser Permanente in what some in Washington see as a blow to the trade group. UnitedHealth Group and Aetna have also left AHIP in recent years though AHIP said it also added 12 members last year including WellCare Health Plans.
