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They're coming for you too CVS and Walgreens.
by frankwiles 9y ago
They're coming for you too CVS and Walgreens.
- shadowtree 9y agoCVS just announced a potential 60bn bid for Aetna. Don’t underestimate them.
- jonknee 9y agoThat’s why CVS is trying to buy Aetna. They’re going to be everything from your insurer, to your walk in clinic to your pharmacy. Maybe they’ll buy a hospital chain and go full stack.
- pcurve 9y agoCVS Health has PBM arm that serves other health plans, so it would be interesting to see how their health plan customers react. Health plan + PBM combo is nothing new, but health plan owning retail pharmacy chain would be interesting. I don't think they will be buying hospital chain any time soon. Many are not for profit, and they are too fragmented to be integrated.
- dsfyu404ed 9y agoIt's like the systemd of brick and mortar retail.
- jakelarkin 9y agoso Kaiser Permanente, basically
- curun1r 9y agoKaiser still has the "everything in the same building" advantage. There are some down sides to Kaiser, but seeing my doctor, getting immunizations, having blood drawn for labs, having prescriptions filled and being out the door 45 minutes after I arrived isn't one of them. It's damn convenient.