CVS to Buy Aetna for $69 Billion in a Deal That May Reshape the Health Industry

For this blog, I chose to write about an article I found in the New York Times, titled “CVS to Buy Aetna for $69 Billion in a Deal That May Reshape the Health Industry.”  The article was about how CVS planning to buy Aetna insurance company. This buy out not only benefits the two companies that haven’t seen much growth recently but would make it cheaper and easier for their customers to access medication and care. Both companies play a role in the everyday workings with CVS, a chain of pharmacies and retail clinics, could be used by Aetna to provide care directly to patients. The plan for the two companies also has the working to transform CVS locations into a community-based model to provide care at a cheaper cost.


As we progress along with the ways healthcare is administered there is a greater emphasis on care that is there when you need it. This model is different from the traditional approach of calling the doctor then having to wait to see them. When patients want care, they will go to the clinics and receive a quality health assessment. I think this merger will progress “minute clinic” further along and thus improve the health of the communities they are in.

New York Times 

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  1. MelissaDecember 6, 2017 at 7:33 PM

    I read about this too Ryan, I thought it was an interesting venture given the current climate. With the new administration healthcare reform is up in the air to say the least and this is an expensive deal that I believe is risky.

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