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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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[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 48 points 1 month ago (1 children)

TIL CVS owns Aetna.

This explains a few things.

[–] Mirshe@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago (2 children)

They also own CareMark, which is a pharmacy middleman...so CVS owns Aetna who covers you, then Aetna pays CVS for your prescriptions, then CVS pays CareMark for the pills (I think I have the order right there). Somehow, this is legal and totally cool despite the money never leaving the CVS ecosystem at all.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 6 points 1 month ago

Don't forget CVS running the Minute clinics to diagnose and prescribe!

[–] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

How the fuck is this legal?!