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The Latest: CVS confirms its $69 billion for Aetna

The Latest: CVS confirms its $69 billion for Aetna

    The Latest on CVS' plan to buy insurance giant Aetna in a roughly $69 billion deal (all times local):

    6 p.m.

    CVS is confirming that it's buying Aetna for $69 billion in a deal that will help the drugstore chain reach deeper into customer health care and protect a key client.

    CVS Health Corp. released a statement Sunday saying it will pay cash and stock for Aetna Inc.

    The mammoth acquisition pairs a company that runs more than 9,700 drugstores and 1,100 walk-in clinics with an insurer that covers about 22 million people.

    The deal could generate a new stream of customers to CVS stores. Many of those stores now offer a growing menu of medical services in addition to the usual fare of prescriptions and cold and cough supplies.

    CVS wants to be more of a one-stop-shop for health care.

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    1:45 p.m.

    CVS will buy insurance giant Aetna in a roughly $69 billion deal that will help the drugstore chain provide more health care and keep a key client, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.

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

    Reports of a possible deal surfaced in late October.

    The combination pairs a company that runs more than 9,700 drugstores and 1,100 walk-in clinics with an insurer covering about 22 million people.

    The deal could provide new customers for CVS stores for the growing list of medical services that it offers.

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    Source – abcnews.go.com

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