What benefits insiders are saying about the CVS-Aetna deal

Healthcare giant CVS Health closed its $70 billion deal to buy Aetna on Wednesday, ending months of review from state and federal regulators. The deal, which brings together one of the nation’s largest pharmacy chains and one of the largest health insurers, has lofty goals. Among them: better managed care, new points of access to the medical system and healthier communities. But will those be accomplished or it will it leave employers and employees on the hook for higher healthcare costs?

For answers, we talked to seven benefits insiders about what a CVS-Aetna might mean for the industry. Here’s what they said.