With the Aetna acquisition of rival Humana now in the hands of regulators, those who do surveys are filling the time between proposal and approval/denial by doing what they do best: asking folks what they think of the deal.

Aon Hewitt did a quick pulse-taking of reps of about 100 U.S. employers to see how they felt about the two giants becoming one.

Nearly half—46 percent—weren't very sanguine about the merger, reporting that they believed this high-level industry consolidation would "result in fewer health plan options for them and their employees."

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