Helena Buonanno Foulkes announced her long-expected second campaign for governor on Tuesday, vowing to make state government perform better for Rhode Islanders and to take a strong stand against President Donald Trump. “It’s not hard to convince people to love Rhode Island,” Foulkes told a gathering of supporters at Roger Williams Park Casino in Providence. […]
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Neronha unveils new approach on RI’s health care crisis
Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha ratcheted up his years-long advocacy on health care Tuesday by unveiling a series of steps meant to address the state’s health care crisis, including a newly filed lawsuit accusing the nation’s three largest pharmacy benefit managers of driving up prescription costs. “We allege that they effectively extort manufacturers of […]
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Big Health Care is ending a terrible year. Is anyone happy with this business?
Patients are protesting, bipartisan lawmakers are threatening regulation – and investors are selling their shares.
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CVS and Walgreens are ailing. Here’s why
America’s biggest pharmacy chains are closing hundreds of stores, laying off thousands of workers and rethinking their role in our lives.
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How will CVS layoffs affect Woonsocket?
As CVS employees await word on whether their jobs will be among the nearly 3,000 the Rhode Island-based company plans to eliminate, Woonsocket Mayor Christopher Beauchamp says the city should be able to weather the layoffs, though concerns remain for the future. CVS Health, which is headquartered in Woonsocket, said Monday that it plans to […]
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CVS, Walmart and Walgreens to pay Rhode Island more than $56 million in opioid settlements
Three national drugstore chains will pay Rhode Island more than $56 million as part of the state’s final round of legal settlements with companies accused of flooding communities with addictive opioid painkillers. The settlement money from CVS, Walmart and Walgreens is expected to begin flowing into Rhode Island in early 2024, and continue through 2037, […]
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In Apparent First, CVS Launches Program To Test All Its Vitamins And Supplements
Rhode Island-based retail pharmacy giant CVS is launching a program to require testing of all the vitamins and supplements it sells, aiming to make sure — and assure customers — that they contain what they say they do. “To our knowledge, this is the first time that any national retailer is requiring all vitamins and […]
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Federal Judge Will Hold Hearings On CVS-Aetna Merger
In a highly unusual move, the judge will allow testimony from witnesses who have objections to the Justice Department’s decision on the already-approved deal.
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CVS Seals Deal To Buy Insurer Aetna
CVS on Wednesday completed its nearly $70 billion purchase of health-insurer Aetna.
