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cyuM to unionsEnglish · 8 months ago

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

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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"

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cyuM to unionsEnglish · 8 months ago
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‘Can’t afford health insurance’: California CVS workers take strike vote
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More than 7,000 workers to hold strike vote this week amid accusations of staff shortages and expensive healthcare
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  • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social
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    TIL CVS owns Aetna.

    This explains a few things.

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      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.

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

      • Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world
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        How the fuck is this legal?!

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    Article clearly says they’ve authorized a strike vote, not a strike…

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      Comprehension is difficult.

  • JaggedRobotPubes@lemmy.world
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    More unions everywhere all the time.

  • buzz86us@lemmy.world
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    Wow not even an employee discount

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    CVS has a long history of shady practices.

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