industry. aetna is one of the nation's biggest insurers. the wall stre"the wall street j reported the bid. cvs was likely to do this because of amazon. it may be entering the pharmacy business itself and report the broke yesterday that amazon received pharmacy license in several states. the merger would be a boon for aetna as well because it creates a whole new avenue to grow its business. that's been critical for insurers to help offset losses from obamacare. aetna has actually lost $900 million since 2014. that's why it will exit the exchanges completely next year. one reason obamacare premiums are going to spike in 2018. another reason they will spike, to offset president trump's costing -- taking away those