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Insurer Aetna to buy Coventry in $5.7 billion deal
a Feb. 9, 2006 file photo a sign for Aetna insurance is seen in Hartford, Conn. The Hartford, Conn., company said Monday Aug. 20, 2012 that it would buy Coventry Health Care for $5.7 billion. (AP Photo/Douglas Healey, file)Photo: DOUGLAS HEALEY, AP/ APAetna, one of the nation's biggest health insurers, claimed a bigger stake in the burgeoning market for government-funded coverage Monday when it announced p