CVS-Aetna merger gains crucial approval
A landmark health care merger is inches away from the finish line. CVS has gained the U.S. government's approval to buy Aetna.
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A landmark health care merger is inches away from the finish line. CVS has gained the U.S. government's approval to buy Aetna.
Health insurer Aetna announced Tuesday it would pass along to consumers the rebates it receives from drug manufacturers, starting January 1. This will apply to about 3 million customers enrolled in a certain type of job-based insurance coverage.
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Cara Pressman sobbed in the big red chair in her living room. The 15-year-old tried to absorb the devastating news relayed by her parents: that their insurance company, Aetna, denied her for a minimally invasive brain surgery that could end the seizures that have haunted her since she was 9 years old.
Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini will lose his job if the deal to sell the company to CVS Health closes, but he'll leave the company with about $500 million in stock and cash to soften the blow.
A shift could be coming to your health care if you're an Aetna customer.
Who needs to go to the doctor when you can go to your local CVS drug store instead? That appears to be the logic behind CVS's decision to buy health insurer Aetna for $69 billion.
CVS is buying health insurance giant Aetna, the companies announced Sunday.
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