NU Online News Service, May 21, 9:58 a.m. EDT

WASHINGTON–A health care consumer group is asking the Department of Justice to initiate an antitrust probe of health care insurers based on a study indicating huge consolidation in the industry over the past 13 years.

Health Care for America Now (HCAN), the group that conducted the study and is seeking the antitrust investigation, is pushing for a public health care coverage option as part of health care reform.

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