Going Bust in Part D: Sierra Folds to United
This article was originally published in RPM Report
Executive Summary
Playing for high stakes is fun, but not if you find yourself matched against bigger players who are holding all the cards. That must by how Sierra Health Systems feels after being cleaned out by the two Medicare goliaths, Humana and UnitedHealth Group.
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