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Press Release
Membership in health plans for the health insurance business’ s leading health-care outfits (such as Blue Cross Blue Shield etc. ) grew by 3.2% from 2nd quarter 2006 to 2nd quarter two thousand and seven.
ASO enrollment (members in self-insured employer plans for which insurance providers provide administrative services only) grew at a rate of 6.5% while risk-based membership increased by less than 1% during the year.
MFA analyzed enrollment trends among 8 top health insurance providers — Aetna, CIGNA, Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC), Health Net, Humana, Kaiser Permanente, UnitedHealth Group, and WellPoint.
Aggregate ASO enrollment for these outfits grew by more than 3 million members over the year, while risk membership grew by only 285,000.
This has been the trend in recent years, as employer-sponsored plans have moved away from risk-based arrangements.
Further analysis shows that among the top competitors, only Health Net saw an overall decline in membership since the end of the 2nd quarter 2006.
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