Business
Insurers cut jobs
NEWS IN BRIEF — Posted Nov. 20, 2006
Two health plans have announced layoffs.
Tufts Health Plan in Massachusetts said it will lay off fewer than 100 employees and will not fill an additional 50 open positions. The health plan employs 1,800 people. Some of those affected employees were part of Tufts' relationship with Destiny Health of South Africa, a deal that was terminated earlier this year. Destiny provided Tufts with a consumer-directed health care plan, which Tufts eventually plans to roll out on its own.
Meanwhile, Aetna said it will lay off about 650 of the company's 30,000 member work force, including about 200 management positions. CEO Ronald Williams said the move was aimed at improved efficiency and simplification.
Note: This item originally appeared at http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2006/11/20/bibf1120.htm.