CVS Health to buy Aetna for around $69 billion

cnbc.com ^ | December 3, 2017 | Lauren Hirsch

[lizma2]

“an insurance company using it’s own pharmacies.”

More like the other way around. CVS seems to have been making back room deals with big pharma, generic suppliers and insurance companies for years.

Walgreen’s is way better and more honest.

[SoFloFreeper]

no.

i hope the feds block this.

too much consolidation.

the federal government should ENCOURAGE competition.

[Magic Fingers]

“CVS stores are dingy, drab (narrow aisles with stuff piled high) and their prices aren’t that special. Add in a cramped parking lot and it was always a chore to shop there.

And no, I do not want to give you my email or donate to the cause du jour.”

Interesting - it’s the exact opposite with the Walgreen’s and CVS stores in my neighborhood (although there’s nothing special about CVS’s prices either).

[Texaspeptoman]

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[Deplorable American1776]

Aetna and CVS? Wow, my mother in law was a secretary at Aetna’s Headquarters in Hartford until she retired in 1999. Back on the 80s and 90s, they were helping Hartford. It should not be allowed. What next, Walgreens and Humana? Rite Aid and MetLife?

[Antoninus]

Used to manage a Couple of CVS stores, every negative you can say is true in spades. Oh the stories I would like to tell if I could.

I believe it. When I worked at Walgreens in the early 90s, we had a common put-down when one of the employees did something stupid or a display looked ugly: "That's very CVS-like."