Drug developers, the hospitals that write the prescriptions, the insurers that pay for them, the companies that act as the negotiating go-between and now pharmacies -- operators in almost every facet of the medical field are looking for deal partners in what's been a record year for health-care M&A. They're all trying to one-up each other for pricing power as they jockey to capture new customers entering the system as a result of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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