Consumer Confidential: CVS-Aetna deal could have same result as telecom mergers — higher prices
by David Lazarus, Los Angeles Times
Nov 01, 2017
3 minutes
The news that CVS Health is making a $66-billion play for health insurer Aetna inevitably raises two key questions for consumers:
What would this do to insurance rates? What would this do to drug prices?
At this point, the answer to both questions is nobody knows for sure. We're heading into uncharted territory. But here's a thought:
Telecom giants AT&T and Comcast are the two largest pay-TV service providers. They're also purchasing or have already acquired major movie and TV studios, giving them control over both content
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