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Re:Some private equity firms are furious over a paper in a d... by bmh100 on Sunday October 28, 2018 @01:53PM (#18321866)
When the companies are the same type of business, it is called horizontal consolidation, not vertical integration. Vertical integration is a company buying its supplier or its customer.
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Re:Some private equity firms are furious over a paper in a d... by lotsofpulp on Monday October 29, 2018 @12:10PM (#18328631)
Yes, I started off my comment referring to Anthem purchasing Aspire Health the previous commenter referred to which is vertical, but then I abruptly transitioned to talking about horizontal integration. I was trying to convey that because of the horizontal integration, the next step is to go vertical like insurance is doing with providers and PBMs and pharmacies.
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