CVS-Aetna Merger: AHF Urges Court to Stop the `800-pound Gorilla`
(WorldNews Business)

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 21, 2019-- Friday, Judge Richard J. Leon of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia heard closing arguments from attorneys for the parties and also from several friends of the court (amicus curiae) opposed to the nearly $70 billion acquisition of Aetna by CVS Health. While he did not issue a decision, Judge Leon stated his intent to issue that decision in the not-so-distant future, noting that the merger potentially has `grave consequences to millions of people.` Last month, amici witnesses from AIDS Healthcare Foundation ( AHF ), the American Medical Association ( AMA ), Consumer Action and U.S. PIRG testified about the negative impact the...