{"id":8497,"date":"2017-11-02T12:22:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-02T16:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=8497"},"modified":"2017-11-02T12:22:00","modified_gmt":"2017-11-02T16:22:00","slug":"an-optum-wannabe-experts-say-unitedhealth-more-than-amazon-is-fueling-cvs-aetna-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=8497","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;An Optum wannabe&#8217;: Experts say UnitedHealth, more than Amazon, is fueling CVS-Aetna deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Alia Paavola for <em>Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>While many analysts\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beckershospitalreview.com\/payer-issues\/what-s-looming-behind-proposed-cvs-health-aetna-deal.html\">predicted<\/a>\u00a0CVS Health is in talks to buy Aetna to stay ahead of Amazon, industry experts are now attributing the proposed merger to another competitor \u2014 UnitedHealth Group, according to the\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/business\/la-fi-cvs-aetna-amazon-unitedhealth-20171101-story.html\">Los Angeles Times.<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beckershospitalreview.com\/payer-issues\/an-optum-wannabe-experts-say-unitedhealth-more-than-amazon-is-fueling-cvs-aetna-deal.html\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/health-care.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7804\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/health-care-300x125.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/health-care-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/health-care.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice<\/strong>: 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 Alia Paavola for Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review) While many analysts\u00a0predicted\u00a0CVS Health is in talks to buy Aetna to stay ahead<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-finance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8497","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=8497"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8498,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8497\/revisions\/8498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}