UnitedHealth to Acquire Brazil’s Largest Private Health Insurer for a Price of $4.9 Billion

Nov 9, 2012 | Laboratory News, Laboratory Operations, Laboratory Pathology, Management & Operations

UnitedHealth’s acquisition of Brazil’s Amil is another example of healthcare’s globalization and may open door for clinical laboratory acquisitions in Brazil UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) is buying an HMO in Brazil. The two players are the largest insurers in their respective countries. For pathologists and clinical laboratory professionals, this merger demonstrates that the trend toward globalization of healthcare—including laboratory medicine—continues one step at a time. Brazil’s Growing...
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