Who are the top 10 US-based healthcare insurance companies? This is
different from just being "the top 10 largest" because not all
insurance companies participate in covering "health care risk" (such
as for hospitals reimbursements, etc.)

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Request for Question Clarification by wonko-ga on 17 Jul 2003 18:28 PDT

Would you be interested in the top 5?

Sincerely,

Wonko

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Clarification of Question by cshl-ga on 17 Jul 2003 19:16 PDT

No, thanks.

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Request for Question Clarification by jbf777-ga on 17 Jul 2003 19:45 PDT

I have 2 lists of the top 10+ publicly traded [only] companies, sorted
by net income [profit] and membership, respectively.  Interested in
that?

jbf777-ga

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Request for Question Clarification by jbf777-ga on 17 Jul 2003 19:46 PDT

I shouldn't just say "sorted" -- their rank is determined exclusively
by these measurements.

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Clarification of Question by cshl-ga on 17 Jul 2003 19:48 PDT

that'll work, thanks

Hello -

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Here are the lists:


Top 10 by Enrollment [# of members]
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United Health
17.2 Million

Aetna 
13.9 Million

[ Kaiser      ]
[ ~13 Million ]

Cigna Corp
13.3 Million

Wellpoint Health Networks
13.1 Million

Anthem
11 Million

Humana 
6.6 Million

Health Net, Inc.
5.3 Million

Pacificare 
3.2 Million

Mid Atlantic Medical Services
2.0 Million

Coventry Health
1.9 Million


Top 10 by Net Income
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United HealthGroup
$353 Million

WellPoint Health Networks
$211.3 Million

Anthem
$171.2 Million

Aetna
$98.8 Million

[ Kaiser      ]
[ $70 Million ]

Health Net
$69 Million

Humana Inc.
$52.3 Million

Pacificare 
$43.8 Million

Coventry Health Care, Inc.
$40.2 Million

Oxford Health Plans
$23.8 Million

Mid Atlantic Medical Services
$22.5 Million


Sources:
AIS Health [please see this page for additional information on each
carrier]
http://www.aishealth.com/ManagedCare/MgdCareCharts/PubTraded.html

Hoovers Online
www.hoovers.com

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Clarification of Answer by jbf777-ga on 17 Jul 2003 21:59 PDT

Search strategy:
"health* providers/carriers/"
"top ten OR 10 health* providers/carriers/companies"
[made phone contacts]

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