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On May 22, 2012, Aetna Health Inc. filed a request to increase rates 2.9 percent on its large group health insurance policies for employers with 51 or more workers.

 

The company said the new rates reflect an increase in the cost of medical services and demand for those services. Aetna calculates “trend” – the impact of those factors – to be about an 8.3 percent increase on premium rates.

 

If approved, the new rates would take effect on July 1, 2013 for about 375 policyholders who provide health care coverage for 22,100 employees and their dependents.

 

 

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