10:24 AM EST - Great-West Lifeco Inc. : has announced that its US subsidiary has acquired an 80 percent majority stake in health plan manager Benefit Management Corp. for an undisclosed price. The transaction will add nearly 90,000 medical members to the Winnipeg-based financial services holding company's health-care division, including Benefit's physicians and hospitals network through its subsidiary Allegiance Benefit Plan Management. Great-West Lifeco Inc.
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