DOJ Suing To Block UnitedHealth Unit's $3.3B Amedisys Deal

By Al Barbarino

The U.S. Department of Justice and four U.S. states filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking to block UnitedHealth Group's Optum unit from going through with its planned $3.3 billion purchase of Amedisys Inc., arguing the deal will harm competition in the home health and hospice services. 

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