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America's Health Insurance Plans loses longtime leader

Ignagni steps down after more than two decades at the group and predecessor; will become CEO of insurer EmblemHealth Ignagni One of Washington, D.C.'s most influential players in health care policy has left her longtime role as head of America's Health Insurance Plans to become CEO of a New York City-based HMO and health insurer. AHIP CEO Karen Ignagni has resigned from the $63 million-revenue group to become head of EmblemHealth in September, the association confirmed May 21. Ignagni led AHIP and its predecessor organization—the American Association of Health Plans—for 22 years. Before joining AAHP in 1993, Ignagni was director of the AFL-CIO's Department of… Read More