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This is the CVS of the future

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This is the CVS of the future

February 16, 2019

This is the CVS of the future

This is what it looks like when a drug store chain and a health insurer merge.

In November, CVS completed its $69 billion acquisition of Aetna, the largest health care deal in history. Now, CVS is piloting three "HealthHub" stores in Houston with a suite of health care services that could be the drug store of the future.

The new HealthHubs fit into CVS (CVS) CEO Larry Merlo's ambitious plan to turn his company's 9,800 stores into a "health care destination." CVS wants to arm its sprawling network of stores with a range of health services to protect against competition from Amazon (AMZN) and a wave of mergers in the industry.

The full CNN article can be viewed at this link.  

 

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