Imperial Valley News Imperial Valley News Center Justice Department Requires Divestiture of Tufts Health Freedom Plan in Order for Harvard Pilgrim and Health Plan Holdings to Proceed With Merger Details Written by IVN
Washington, DC - The Department of Justice announced today that it would require Harvard Pilgrim Health Care (Harvard Pilgrim) and Health Plan Holdings (fka Tufts Health Plan) to divest Tufts Health Freedom Plan Inc. (Tufts Freedom), in order to proceed with their merger. Tufts Freedom is Health Plan Holdings’ commercial health insurance business in New Hampshire.
The department has approved UnitedHealth Group Inc. (United), as the buyer. Health insurance is an integral part of the American healthcare system, and the proposed settlement will maintain competition for the sale of commercial health insurance to private employers in New Hampshire with fewer than 100 employees.
Dec 15, 2020 3:08pm
Officials in the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division, along with the New Hampshire Office of Attorney General, filed a civil antitrust lawsuit Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire to stop the deal between Harvard Pilgrim and Health Plan Holdings. (Getty Images)
The Department of Justice is seeking to block Harvard Pilgrim Health Care s proposed merger with Health Plan Holdings unless it divests the Tufts Health Freedom plan, officials said Tuesday.
Officials in the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division, along with the New Hampshire Office of Attorney General, filed a civil antitrust lawsuit Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire to stop the deal.
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