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What are Aetna, Cigna and Humana?

Are they all health insurance companies, pet food distributors, investment organizations or constellations1?

These are the names of three health care companies in the United States.

AZUZ: And one of those insurance companies, Aetna, could soon be bought by a pharmacy2 company named CVS. It's offered $69 billion to take over Aetna.

If this goes through, it would be the largest health insurance deal in history, and could affect tens of millions of people.

As things stand now, 23 million have Aetna insurance, and 90 million are customers of CVS and Caremark, a mail order pharmacy that CVS owns.

There are more than 9,700 CVS pharmacies3 around the country and 1,100 minute clinics, where people can walk in for vaccinations4, lab tests and treatments for common illnesses like strep throat.

The head of CVS says the merger5 would lead to lower health care expenses and better service for providers and patients who could get their health care and medications in the same place.

But consumer advocacy groups like the Coalition6 to Protect Patient Choice say these mergers7 haven't gone well in the past and that patients wind up paying more money and having less choice when it comes to medications. CVS's purchase of Aetna is not a done deal. It will first have to be approved by antitrust regulators with the U.S. government, and they've been skeptical8 of similar health care mergers in the past.


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1 constellations ee34f7988ee4aa80f9502f825177c85d     
n.星座( constellation的名词复数 )；一群杰出人物；一系列（相关的想法、事物）；一群（相关的人）
参考例句：
  • The map of the heavens showed all the northern constellations. 这份天体图标明了北半部所有的星座。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • His time was coming, he would move in the constellations of power. 他时来运转，要进入权力中心了。 来自教父部分
2 pharmacy h3hzT     
n.药房，药剂学，制药业，配药业，一批备用药品
参考例句：
  • She works at the pharmacy.她在药房工作。
  • Modern pharmacy has solved the problem of sleeplessness.现代制药学已经解决了失眠问题。
3 pharmacies a19950a91ea1800ed5273a89663d2855     
药店
参考例句：
  • Still, 32 percent of the pharmacies filled the prescriptions. 但仍然有32%的药剂师配发了这两张药方。 来自互联网
  • Chinese herbal pharmacies, and traditional massage therapists in the Vancouver telephone book. 中药店，和传统的按摩师在温哥华的电话簿里。 来自互联网
4 vaccinations ed61d339e2970fa63aee4b5ce757cc44     
n.种痘，接种( vaccination的名词复数 )；牛痘疤
参考例句：
  • Vaccinations ensure one against diseases. 接种疫苗可以预防疾病。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • I read some publicity about vaccinations while waiting my turn at the doctor's. 在医生那儿候诊时，我读了一些关于接种疫苗的宣传。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 merger vCJxG     
n.企业合并，并吞
参考例句：
  • Acceptance of the offer is the first step to a merger.对这项提议的赞同是合并的第一步。
  • Shareholders will be voting on the merger of the companies.股东们将投票表决公司合并问题。
6 coalition pWlyi     
n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合
参考例句：
  • The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
  • Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。
7 mergers b4ab62fffa9919cbf1e93fcad6d3150c     
n.（两个公司的）合并( merger的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • Mergers fall into three categories: horizontal, vertical, and conglomerate. 合并分为以下三种：横向合并，纵向合并和混合合并。 来自辞典例句
  • Many recent mergers are concentrated within specific industries, particularly in retailing, airlines and communications. 现代许多合并企业集中进行某些特定业务，在零售业、民航和通讯业中更是如此。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
8 skeptical MxHwn     
adj.怀疑的，多疑的
参考例句：
  • Others here are more skeptical about the chances for justice being done.这里的其他人更为怀疑正义能否得到伸张。
  • Her look was skeptical and resigned.她的表情是将信将疑而又无可奈何。

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