Doctors to Trump administration: Block CVS-Aetna deal

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The Trump administration and states should block the planned $69 billion merger between CVS Health and Aetna, says the nation’s largest doctor group.

The American Medical Association said it was concerned that the deal to combine CVS Health, a large pharmacy chain, with Aetna, a health insurance giant, would result in premium price hikes, reduced quality of health insurance, and higher out-of-pocket costs for patients when they pay for drugs.

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