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CVS bets on becoming "a 360 health company"

by Jack Stewart
May 1, 2019
The company is finding ways to attract more customers.
With an ever-growing number of health-care consumers becoming ever-more cost-sensitive, CVS is at an advantage.
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CVS tries to gain customers ... with smiles

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Apr 25, 2019
CVS and SmileDirectClub have a lot to gain from partnering.
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Cigna’s purchase of Express Scripts: Drug price relief ahead?

by Dan Gorenstein
Mar 8, 2018
Health insurance giant Cigna announced its intent Thursday to buy Express Scripts, a company that negotiates prescription drug deals on behalf of insurers and large employers. This merger comes on the heels of the CVS-Aetna deal late last year, which is also, in part, a marriage between an insurer and a pharmacy benefit manager – […]
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What the merger of CVS and Aetna could mean for customers

by Dan Gorenstein
Dec 12, 2017
With access to Aetna's 47 million customers, CVS wants to transform its stores into "health care hubs."
A CVS MinuteClinic in north Philadelphia.
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CVS might become your new doctor

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Dec 4, 2017
CVS Health Corp. has plans to merge with the health insurance company Aetna Inc. in a $69 billion deal.
Pedestrians walk by a CVS store in San Francisco, California. 
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CVS-Aetna merger would help the drugstore take on Amazon

by Marielle Segarra
Oct 27, 2017
The massive e-tailer may be getting into the pharmaceutical industry.
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Judge blocks Aetna merger with Humana

by Lewis Wallace
Jan 24, 2017
A federal judge also says Aetna misled the public on its reasons for withdrawing from Obamacare in some states.
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Aetna letter sparks controversy

by Dan Gorenstein
Aug 17, 2016
The insurer warned the DOJ of quitting some health exchanges if merger were challenged.
Former Aetna chairman and CEO Mark Bertolini.
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Why Aetna is ditching some health insurance exchanges

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Aug 16, 2016
Aetna is losing money, so it's pulling out of health insurance exchanges.
Aetna has had a pretax loss of more than $430 million since January 2014.
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Insurance CEOs again called before lawmakers

by Dan Gorenstein
Sep 29, 2015
Both Aetna and Anthem want to merge with other companies to grow their scale.
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