Subscribe wherever you listen to your podcasts.

CVS is merging with AETNA in a $69 billion deal that could change the health care industry. The drug store giant’s plans reportedly include pushing the health insurance company’s 22 million enrollees towards their clinics rather than hospitals. Host Dan Loney speaks with Mark Pauly, Professor of Health Care Management and Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy at the Wharton School, and Robert Field, Health Care Management Department Lecturer at the Wharton School and Professor of Law and Public Health at Drexel University’s Thomas R. Kline School of Law and Dornsife School of Public Health, to discuss the merger’s potential impacts on Knowledge at Wharton.

Comments

New This Week

ICE Raids Have a Chilling Effect on Local Economies

ICE Raids Have a Chilling Effect on Local Economies

September 22, 20265 min read

New research from Wharton’s Zeke Hernandez reveals how cities targeted in last year’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids suffered long-term economic losses of up to $14 billion.

How Extreme Heat Affects the Economy

How Extreme Heat Affects the Economy

September 22, 20265 min read

Professor R. Jisung Park discusses climate change and the impact of extreme heat on academic success and worker productivity.

AI and Financial Regulation

AI and Financial Regulation

September 21, 20261 min read

Bank of England Deputy Governor Sarah Breeden examines how regulators can promote innovation while ensuring financial stability as AI becomes increasingly autonomous and powerful.