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American health insurer Anthem will announce a deal to acquire its rival Cigna as early as Friday, reports say.
CNBC and The Wall Street Journal say Anthem will pay US$188 a share for Cigna.
Read: Cigna rejects Anthem takeover offer
Last month, Cigna turned down an offer of US$184 a share.
The proposed transaction comes just a couple weeks after Aetna announced it would buy Humana.
If both deals are approved by regulators, there would be just three large health insurers in the United States.
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