Anthem Inc CFO， Wayne DeVeydt

Cheap debt is creating opportunities for companies to grow through acquisitions， Anthem Chief Financial Officer Wayne DeVeydt told investors during the UBS Global Healthcare Conference in New York. "I like the pricing environment a lot and we have a lot of capacity to work with to do a cash transaction of meaningful size - and it would be transformative，" DeVeydt said. DeVeydt said the company was looking at expanding its Medicare business in Florida， Texas and California - three of the biggest healthcare markets. "We would clearly love to have more scale in Medicare but our focus is first targeting the strategic markets that matter most，" he said.

據美國第二大醫療保險公司Anthem CFO Wayne DeVeydt推測，低利率將為行業收購創造好時機，企業將通過并購獲得成長機會。“目前的定價環境非常有利，我們有能力進行大量的現金收購，這具有變革性意義。”DeVeydt說，公司正在佛羅里達、得克薩斯和加利福尼亞這三個最大的醫療市場尋求擴大醫療保險業務的機會。“我們很希望能擴大市場份額，但重點首先是針對最重要的戰略市場。”