Executives at CVS Health Corp. are trying to acquire Aetna Inc. at least partly because they see the opportunity to serve enrollees in government-run health plan programs, such as Medicare and Medicaid, continuing to grow.
Larry Merlo, the president of the Woonsocket, Rhode Island-based drug store and pharmacy benefit management (PBM) company, and Mark Bertolini, the chief executive officer of Hartford, Connecticut-based Aetna, talked about their vision for the U.S. health care system today during a conference call with securities analysts.
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Allison Bell
Allison Bell, ThinkAdvisor's insurance editor, previously was LifeHealthPro's health insurance editor. She has a bachelor's degree in economics from Washington University in St. Louis and a master's degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. She can be reached at [email protected] or on Twitter at @Think_Allison.
