Seattle’s Group Health Cooperative will be acquired by California’s Kaiser Permanente, forming a new region for the giant health-insurance and care provider, which already serves more than 10 million members in eight states and Washington, D.C., officials announced Friday.
It’s not yet clear what the new name will be, but the move marks a significant milestone in the nearly 70-year history of Group Health, which was formed in Seattle in 1947 with a mission of providing integrated health care and health coverage to Northwest consumers.
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