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Anthem will buy Cigna for $54.2 billion, the insurer announced on Friday, in a deal that will reduce the former “Big Five” private health insurers to just three. Aetna has already announced a $37 billion deal to acquire Humana. If both deals are approved, Anthem, Aetna and UnitedHealthcare would stand as the largest insurers in the United States.