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As tax season approaches, some consumers are waiting for their refund checks to spend on a long-delayed purchase -- a visit to the doctor or dentist.
A spate of hospital deals stands to further remake the U.S. health-care landscape, pushing up prices for consumers and insurers and changing how individuals get care.
The all-cash takeover will bulk up UnitedHealths growing business of clinics and physician practices, which it operates under the OptumCare name.
DaVita HealthCare Partners received a subpoena seeking patient documents as part of a probe into Medicare abuses.
The offer, which would be UnitedHealths largest purchase ever, is 27 percent more than Catamarans closing share price of $48.32 on Friday.