Point of View # 107

Healthcare Consolidation in the US

1. First Health merger

2. Coventry purchase

3. Aetna and the DOJ

4. Sale to Wellcare

5. Centene purchases Wellcare

6. Centene chooses Express Scripts

7. Express Scripts

8. US healthcare spending

9. US healthcare worse

10. Rising cost of US healthcare

11. Consolidation in US healthcare

12. Vertical integration

13. CVS 6th on Fortune 500

14. History of CVS; and; and; and.

15. ACA MLR

16. ACA drives vertical integration

17. CVS opioid settlement

18. CVS gross profit

19. CVS Minnesota settlement

20. CVS pharmacies

21. MinuteClinics

22. Aetna

23. CVS Caremark

24. CVS growth

25. CVS growth average