{"id":12186,"date":"2018-12-12T09:36:55","date_gmt":"2018-12-12T14:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=12186"},"modified":"2018-12-12T09:36:55","modified_gmt":"2018-12-12T14:36:55","slug":"cvs-aetna-deal-will-save-money-by-cutting-supply-chain-negotiations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=12186","title":{"rendered":"CVS-Aetna deal will save money by cutting supply chain negotiations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Kathleen Iacocca for ST<em>A<\/em>T)<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"big-cap-wrap\"><span class=\"big-cap\">C<\/span><\/span>VS\u2019s $69 billion acquisition of Aetna continues to lurch toward closure \u2014 the deal doesn\u2019t yet have\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/federal-judge-voices-concerns-about-justice-dept-approval-of-cvs-aetna-deal-1543861402\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the full green light<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 marking one of the health care industry\u2019s largest transactions to date. CVS has promised consumers an improved experience and lower costs. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2018\/12\/12\/cvs-aetna-deal-cutting-supply-chain-negotiations\/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20Daily%20Health%20Policy%20Report&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=68262503&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8k6KVLQVmeB2UT9zl3HJCHvNJQpPbk_zvTccEvoebBepaGoD9Ed6RsxQTxD3dEcVfrEImMHWPpPy3y50-dG2qAHexh_w&amp;_hsmi=68262503\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4372\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo-300x32.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"32\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo-300x32.png 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo.png 453w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre>Notice: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Kathleen Iacocca for STAT) CVS\u2019s $69 billion acquisition of Aetna continues to lurch toward closure \u2014 the deal doesn\u2019t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-redesign","category-part-dprescription-drugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12186"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12187,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12186\/revisions\/12187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}