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Aetna to buy Coventry Health Care for $5.7BN

US insurer Aetna has agreed to pay $5.7 billion for Coventry Health Care, boosting its share of government-back programs.

US President Barack Obama speaks during a rally on health care at the Comcast Center in College Park, Maryland, on September 17, 2009. Insurance companies are seeking to cash in on the reforms to expand health coverage to more low-income Americans.

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