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slightlv

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12. How this is not a monopoly, I don't understand.

Reply to lanlady (Reply #3)

Tue Oct 1, 2024, 05:58 PM

Oct 1

Or a huge conflict of interest! I'm with Aetna, and I know one of them owns the other one - after killing all the Mom and Pop's in town. Using SingleCare and GoodRX, a good portion of the time I don't even use insurance to pay for my scripts. One of these days, whatever mechanism these private companies use will come back to bite us, no doubt. Until then, it's easier and less stressful to just quit CVS and go elsewhere.

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Exclusive: CVS explores options including potential break-up, sources say [View all] BumRushDaShow Oct 1 OP

Why are pharmacies having trouble? LisaM Oct 1 #1

There has been a lot of "consolidation" in this market over the decades BumRushDaShow Oct 1 #4

It's the PBMs thumper2547 Oct 1 #5

Our Byzantine Healthcare System modrepub Oct 1 #6

Lawsuits from the opioid crisis were a big factor with lots of publicity IronLionZion Oct 1 #9

I think this is ironic, slightlv Oct 1 #11

I take 2 medications mercuryblues Oct 1 #13

Have you looked into Cost Plus Drugs? FakeNoose Oct 1 #14

I have to get it through CVS mercuryblues Oct 1 #15

Of course it is - Americans are paying through the nose FakeNoose Oct 1 #16

So the guys that dispense medications own the guys that pay for medications bucolic_frolic Oct 1 #2

I have Cigna and they force us to go to CVS lanlady Oct 1 #3

Way back in the late '70s BumRushDaShow Oct 1 #7

How this is not a monopoly, I don't understand. slightlv Oct 1 #12

But for-profit healthcare is the best thing ever. eggplant Oct 1 #8

We really need a nationalized healthcare system............... turbinetree Oct 1 #10