"Aetna, Humana, Anthem, Cigna, they're all in merger/acquisition mode. Pharmaceutical manufacturers continue to merge ... Just two PBMs now control two thirds of the employer-sponsored prescription drug market.... So where does all this healthcare consolidation leave your corporate health plan? Probably not in a good place when it comes to patient access, provider choice, price competition and appropriateness of treatment.... [H]ow are plan sponsors going to protect themselves and their plan members from the increasing market power of the major healthcare players? ... Enter the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), whose role it is to protect consumers from anti-competitive practices."

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