Walmart is reportedly in talks to buy Humana

[FarCenter]

Walmart is in the early stages of talks to buy health insurer Humana, according to The Wall Street Journal.
A deal between the two huge companies would be the latest in a series of mergers in the health care industry in recent months.

Walmart (WMT) and Humana (HUM) are looking at a variety of options, including an acquisition, the Journal reported late Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter.

Shares in Humana, which has a market value of more than $37 billion, leaped about 11% in after-hours trading following the report. Shares in Walmart, whose market value tops $263 billion, declined around 1%.

The nation's largest health insurers have been looking for other options since federal judges and the US Department of Justice helped quash Humana's attempted merger with Aetna (AET) and Anthem's (ANTX) planned acquisition of Cigna (CI) last year, citing antitrust

http://money.cnn.com/2018/03/29/investing/walmart-humana-deal-talks/index.html

[Louis1895]

1. LOL, I read this wrong!!

I thought it said,

Walmart is reportedly in talks to buy Humans

[FarCenter]

2. They do that already; by the hour; cheaply

[jberryhill]

3. Same here, but it thought humanity got clipped

[superpatriotman]

4. Early moves to take over the VA?

And Medicare, too?

[FarCenter]

5. There's more money to be made by consolidating the private medical sector