Centene Corporation (NYSE:CNC) is seeking acquisitions. Jeff Schwaneke, Chief Financial Officer, said, “We expect our debt to capital ratio to decrease to the low 40% range by the end of 2017. This does not include the impact of any potential acquisitions during the year which we would expect to include equity as a meaningful component.” Cindy Brinkley, Executive Vice President - Global Corporation Development, added, “We are also expanding in the Medicare Advantage segment and even after Health Net, Michael's shopping list, as he likes to say, remains very long and we continue to pursue accretive M&A opportunities based on our highly selective criteria. The growth we expect to achieve next year is being driven by five areas - our existing markets, our new markets, specialty business, Medicare Advantage and targeted acquisitions.”