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...(NAR) Vertically challenged Lex on the CVS-Aetna deal, and how the health group may have pounced on a pricey deal because of its fear of Amazon’s disruptive power....
...In October, the Connecticut company agreed to pay Aetna, the health insurer, $1.45bn for an employee benefits business....
...has ensured that IBM’s lawyers are versed in data rights and privacy, medical device regulations and a range of emerging legal fields that support its artificial intelligence healthcare business, Watson Health...
...Among the many tradeoffs emphasised by economists are guns v butter, public v private, efficiency v equity, quality v quantity or cost and short-term v long-term performance....
...The health insurer earned $320.8m in the fourth quarter, up from $232m in the period in 2014....
...This month’s deal by Aetna to buy Coventry was seen by analysts as an acknowledgment by the health insurance industry that the Obama administration’s healthcare law was moving ahead and that consolidation...
...They had expected interest from groups including Aetna, Reed Elsevier, TPG and United Healthcare, but had cautioned that no single buyer looked likely to show interest in all of its diverse assets....
...According to an analysis by Health Care for America Now, which backed reform, profits at five of the biggest US health insurers – United Health, WellPoint, Aetna, Cigna and Humana – rose by 17 per cent from...
...This month many US investors have been repositioning their portfolios to account for the growing feeling there will be no V-shaped recovery....
...Health insurers, which have suffered on concerns about the effects of the president’s reforms, bounced on Tuesday. UnitedHealth gained 4.5 per cent to $25.17 and Aetna rose 6.3 per cent to $25.94....
...Greenberg represented C.V. Starr & Co. Playing to type Hollywood blockbusters are supposed to be escapist....
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