AMA on court review of $69B CVS-Aetna merger settlement

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Statement attributable to:

Barbara L. McAneny, M.D.

President, American Medical Association

“The CVS-Aetna deal is popularly described as a vertical merger involving two large companies that don’t operate in the same markets. But in fact, CVS and Aetna do compete as formidable rivals in some of the same markets, raising substantial concerns that are specific to a horizontal merger.

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