CVS Reaches $10.6 Billion Deal to Buy Clinic Owner Oak Street Health

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CVS, the parent of the national pharmacy chain and Aetna health insurance, has agreed to pay $10.6 billion including debt for Oak Street Health, its doctors, nurse practitioners and health clinics

Corporate giants from Amazon to CVS are investing billions into primary-care practices. It’s part of a sweeping shift in U.S. healthcare to a more value-based model. Here’s what that means for doctors, patients and health insurers.

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Some background on OakStreetHealth business model

We are seeing less and less independent doctors that can come to their own decisions. Group thinking in the medical field

Shouldn't they be more worried about paying states the money they owe for the opioid crisis

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