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California physicians oppose health plan mega-mergers, citing reduced access to affordable high-quality health care

SACRAMENTO — Eighty-five percent of California’s physicians are opposed to the merger of health insurance giants Anthem and Cigna, according to a new analysis released by the California Medical Association (CMA) on Monday. The CMA survey, conducted in collaboration with the American Medical Association (AMA), sought to gauge California physicians’ perspective on the proposed Anthem-Cigna and Aetna-Humana mergers, as well as gather insight into the tactics undertaken by insurance companies’ in their negotiations with physicians. “California’s doctors could not be more clear: these mergers are bad for patients and bad for ...