NU Online News Service, March 31, 2003, 2:52 p.m. EST – SafeGuard Health Enterprises Inc., Aliso Viejo, Calif., says California managed care regulators have given it permission to complete its plans to acquire a Southern California dental health maintenance organization now owned by Ameritas Life Insurance Corp., a unit of The Ameritas Acacia Company, Lincoln, Neb.

SafeGuard now provides or administers dental coverage for 800,000 people in California, Florida and Texas.

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