In case you haven't noticed, I tend not to print "news stories" here unless they're one of two things:
1) Of personal interest to me
2) Really important
This is *really* important.
"CVS To Buy Aetna for $69 Billion in a Deal that May Reshape the Health Care Industry" by Michael J. de la Merced and Reed Abelson on nytimes.com
I wonder how long CVS, which has been opening like Starbucks, has been eyeing something such as this - they couldn't have done it if they weren't already geographically positioned.
Welcome to Hell on Earth, redefined.