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Bloomberg
Health-care stocks slumped after three companies led by Internet giant Amazon.com Inc. said they plan to collaborate on developing ways to cut the cost of employee health care.
Pharmacy-benefit manager Express Scripts Holding Co. fell as much as 11 percent, the most intraday since April, at the open of US trading on Tuesday, while rival CVS Health Corp. dropped as much as 6.4 percent. Health insurers also fell, with Anthem Inc. losing as much as 6.5 percent and Aetna, which is being bought by CVS, sliding as much as 4.3 percent.
Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. are planning to set up a new independent company “that is free from profit-making incentives and constraints,†and will focus on developing technology to make health care simpler and cheaper to access, according to a short statement.