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CVS California: 7000 employees strike. "I work full-time yet can’t afford to get health insurance, which is ridiculous, because CVS owns Aetna" (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] pdxfed@lemmy.world 30 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Holy shit, I had no idea CVS owned Aetna. That kind of vertical should never be allowed, that's insane. Man I hope our kickass FTC chair Lina Kahn gets 4 more years, she's been doing yeoman's work against 40 years of no enforcement, hope she gets to keep digging into this crap.

[–] MoonMelon@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

These big pharmacies have their own PBMs (Pharmacy Benefit Managers) also, which is this middleman that sits between employee healthcare plans, drug manufacturers, and the pharmacy. CVS's is called Caremark.

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