Aetna CEO Set to Reap About $500M If CVS Deal Closes

mudil wrote: post #3

dmode wrote: post #2

Give him some tax cuts to go with it

Republican tax cuts are targeting small businesses and the middle class. Nice try

do you have a source on that?

Re: Aetna CEO Set to Reap About $500M If CVS Deal Closes

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Post by ryanwaggoner » Tue, Dec 05, 2017, 5:41 PM UTC

Well, he led the company while its value went from $10 billion to $69 billion in 7 years. Doesn't seem ridiculous.

Re: Aetna CEO Set to Reap About $500M If CVS Deal Closes

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Post by vernie » Tue, Dec 05, 2017, 5:41 PM UTC

snewk wrote: post #6

mudil wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Republican tax cuts are targeting small businesses and the middle class. Nice try

do you have a source on that?

I know it in my heart of hearts. Nice try.

Re: Aetna CEO Set to Reap About $500M If CVS Deal Closes

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Post by yequalsx » Tue, Dec 05, 2017, 5:42 PM UTC

Whatever your politics that $500 million comes from profit in healthcare. Aetna has an economic incentive to denvy as much care as they can. That $500 million to one person is part of the overall cost of healthcare in the U.S. Is this really money well spent on healthcare?

Re: Aetna CEO Set to Reap About $500M If CVS Deal Closes

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Post by ryanwaggoner » Tue, Dec 05, 2017, 5:43 PM UTC

dmode wrote: post #2

Give him some tax cuts to go with it

I'm not an expert, but wouldn't this almost all be taxed at capital gains rates? And those aren't changing.

Even if they are taxed as income, the top rate is (probably) changing from 39.6% to 38.5%, so he'd saving less than 1% on $499 million of this.

So where is he getting a big tax cut?