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Hardly: About $8.5 billion will be transferred to Aetna shareholders from CVS (based on the $26 premium to be paid for their shares in cash and CVS stock over Aetna’s price Friday).

Aetna shareholders stand to receive $207 per share in the deal with CVS, the companies said. The consideration comprises $145 per share in cash and 0.8378 CVS shares for each Aetna share.

A linked Aetna-CVS could presumably better manage the cost of prescription drugs, driving utilization toward better value products and getting a better deal on pharmaceuticals, said Laurence Baker ...

CVS Health Corp. plans to buy Aetna Inc. for $69 billion in a blockbuster deal that would further consolidate the U.S. healthcare industry by merging the nation’s largest pharmacy chain with a ...

CVS Health is buying Aetna for $69 billion in cash and stock in a long-expected deal that reflects a rapidly shifting health care landscape. Aetna stockholders are to receive around $207 a share ...

CVS Health is paying $70 billion to Aetna shareholders, and it is also taking responsibility for $8 billion in Aetna debt. CVS Health, has stock that trades on the New York Stock Exchange, under ...

Together, CVS and Aetna will be a trusted community partner to help consumers better manage the cost of the health care they need, he said, "especially the 50 percent of Americans with chronic ...

Last year, Aetna partnered with Arlington-based Texas Health Resources to create a joint health plan, but it is not clear how the CVS-Aetna merger would affect that partnership.

CVS and Aetna, what they're saying is if we can direct people away from emergency rooms and into these sort of low-cost clinics, that'll cut the overall cost of health care.

CVS Health Corp. will pay about $207 in cash and stock for each share of Aetna Inc., according to the person, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal has not been announced publicly.

Pharmacy giant CVS Health agreed to buy Aetna in a $69 billion blockbuster acquisition that could rein in health care costs and transform its 9,700 pharmacy storefronts into community medical hubs ...