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.
TIL CVS owns Aetna.
This explains a few things.
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.
Don’t forget CVS running the Minute clinics to diagnose and prescribe!
How the fuck is this legal?!