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Aetna and CVS were talking to others during takeover process
NEW YORK - CVS Health Corp. and Aetna Inc. were both talking to other potential partners during early discussions that led to their $68 billion...
CVS’s megadeal to change U.S. health care faces stiff challenges
NEW YORK - Walking the aisles of a CVS drugstore, there are piled paper towels, stacked cereal boxes, and neat lines of nail polish....
UnitedHealth buys DaVita’s physician practices for $4.9B
NEW YORK - UnitedHealth Group Inc. will buy DaVita Inc.’s physician network business for $4.9 billion, adding hundreds of medical clinics to the biggest...
Wall Street wary of untested strategy in CVS-Aetna megamerger
NEW YORK - The success of CVS Health Corp.’s $69 billion acquisition of health insurer Aetna Inc. rides on a bet on a complex...
CVS-Aetna deal may hinge on antitrust approach under Trump
NEW YORK - CVS Health Corp.’s $67.5 billion takeover of Aetna Inc. will test the Trump administration’s approach to far-reaching corporate takeovers, just weeks after...
CVS to buy Aetna for $69B, remaking sector
NEW YORK - CVS Health Corp. will buy Aetna Inc. for about $69 billion, creating a health care giant that will have a hand...
Aetna rallies after WSJ reports CVS in talks to acquire insurer
NEW YORK - Aetna Inc. gained in New York trading after the Wall Street Journal reported that CVS Health Corp. is in talks to...
Trump threatens Obamacare chaos as he halts insurer subsidy
NEW YORK - President Donald Trump’s administration took its most drastic step yet to roll back the Affordable Care Act, cutting off a subsidy...
Trump cuts to Obamacare’s ads threaten law’s fragile markets
NEW YORK - The Trump administration’s plan to slash spending on getting people to sign up for Obamacare will further undermine the law’s already...
Halting Obamacare subsidies would increase deficit, CBO says
NEW YORK – Health plan premiums for some in Obamacare will surge and the federal deficit will increase by almost $200 billion over a...


















