In a letter from Aetna to the DOJ, obtained via the FOIA, here's how wadded they were:I'm sure Aetna has their panties in a bit of a wad over the Justice Dept ruling too
"If the deal were challenged and/or blocked we would need to take immediate actions to mitigate public exchange and ACA small group losses. Specifically, if the DOJ sues to enjoin the transaction, we will immediately take action to reduce our 2017 exchange footprint.... Instead of expanding to 20 states next year, we would reduce our presence to no more than 10 states... It is very likely that we would need to leave the public exchange business entirely."