CVS/Aetna Deal Faces Challenge of Appeasing Current PBM Clients

Big, revolutionary, vertical deals to change structure of health industry are dramatic but tough to pull off. Will CVS PBM customers worry about funding a competitor?

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The vertical mega merger is unveiled as the formula for the future: a new combination of business partners designed for a changing era in healthcare and payer concerns about hospital costs: a way to prepare for the future and shape the future at the same time.

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