In recent months, three of the nation’s largest retailers have stirred up a frenzy on Wall Street with a string of high-profile healthcare deals. But these big deals have come with heavy skepticism, Forbes reports. Critics point to past failures as proof that these companies cannot accomplish in healthcare what they’ve done so successfully in retail. The skepticism is understandable, but these negative analyses ignore the credentials of the companies in question. After all, you don’t become the largest pharmacy company (CVS), largest online retailer (Amazon), largest health insurer (UHG) or largest company, period, (Walmart) by chance or luck. Read more.
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