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STAT+: CVS Health to split, reversing years of deal-making to combine pharmacies and insurance

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CVS Health is splitting into two separate publicly traded entities, CVS Health and CVS Pharmacy, ending decades of consolidation. The new CVS Health entity will include the Caremark pharmacy benefit manager, Aetna health insurer, specialty pharmacy, and primary care/home visit services. This split creates a new point of contention among critics who argue that combining large PBMs and insurers allows companies to profit excessively from prescription drug dispensing.

Key points

• CVS Health will split into two separate publicly traded companies named CVS Health and CVS Pharmacy.
• The new CVS Health entity will include the Caremark pharmacy benefit manager, Aetna health insurer, specialty pharmacy, and primary care/home visit services.

Context

This article reports on CVS Health's decision to reverse years of deal-making to combine pharmacies and insurance, resulting in two separate publicly traded companies. The split creates a new point of contention among critics who believe companies like CVS are profiting excessively from prescription drug dispensing.

Limitations

Evidence is limited to the article's report of the split; no specific dates, numbers, or causal claims are supported beyond the stated decision to reverse years of consolidation.

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