UnitedHealthcare lands $1.5 billion state prescription-drug contract

December

Government employees who get their health insurance through New York stateÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s Empire Plan will have a new pharmacy-benefits manager starting Jan. 1, UnitedHealthcare announced this week.

The Minnetonka, Minn.-based insurer, a unit of UnitedHealth Group, was the successful bidder for the $1.5 billion, four-year contract that covers more than 1 million state and local workers and their beneficiaries.

The program will be adminstered by Medco Health Solutions Inc. a pharmacy-benefits manager based in Franklin Lakes, N.J.

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