Was Aetna really threatening to leave Obamacare?

Published August 17, 2016 10:25pm ET



Aetna was responding to a question from the Justice Department when it said a blocked merger with Humana could force it to quit Obamacare.

The letter, obtained by the Washington Examiner’s Tim Carney, casts doubt on reports that Aetna was threatening to pull out of the Affordable Care Act marketplaces in retribution against the federal government for trying to block its proposed merger with Humana.

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