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    CVS To Buy Health Insurer Aetna For $69 Billion

    CVS Health Corp will pay $207 for each share of Aetna Inc., in a massive acquisition. CVS plans to expand its low-cost medical clinics to serve Aetna's more than 22 million members.
    by Camila Domonoske Dec 03, 2017 2 minutes
    A CVS store is pictured in 2015 in San Francisco. CVS Health is reportedly preparing to purchase Aetna for $69 billion.

    Updated at 8 p.m. ET

    CVS is preparing to buy the health insurance giant Aetna for $69 billion, the companies say.

    The acquisition, which has been reportedly in talks for months, would be one of the largest such mergers in the history of health care. It would combine , which has more than 9,000

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