CVS Health will make prescription deliveries nationwide to accommodate the heightened expectations of convenience from consumers. The nation’s second-largest drugstore chain says it also will make home deliveries of other items, like allergy medicines, vitamins or household products. The service will cost $4.99 for deliveries made in one or two days. The drugstore chain said […]
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CVS Health-Aetna deal may mean more services
CVS Health wants to do much more than fill your prescription or jab your arm with an annual flu shot. The second-largest U.S. drugstore chain is buying Aetna, the third-largest health insurer, in order to push much deeper into customer care. The evolution won’t happen overnight, but in time, shoppers may find more clinics in […]
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Why CVS Health would want to buy Aetna
[media-credit name=”AP file photos” align=”aligncenter” width=”1200″][/media-credit] CVS Health is reportedly in talks to buy the nation’s third largest health insurer, Aetna, in a deal that would allow the pharmacy giant to expand into an entirely new arena of health care. A successful deal could push millions of Aetna’s members toward CVS’s retail pharmacies, walk-in Minute […]
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Police continue CVS robbery investigation
Police said Thursday that they were continuing to investigate a report of a robbery at CVS on Sabattus Street on Wednesday night. A lone man wearing a ski mask claimed he had a weapon and demanded drugs before fleeing. Police said they are following up on leads, but had nothing new to report Thursday afternoon.
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Police seeking suspect in Lewiston CVS robbery
LEWISTON — Police were searching for a possibly armed suspect Wednesday night after a robbery was reported at CVS on Sabattus Street. Witnesses reported that shortly before 9 p.m., a lone man went to the store pharmacy, claimed to have a weapon and demanded drugs. Minutes later, police had shut down the store where they […]
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Obama praises CVS for pulling tobacco from shelves
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is praising CVS Caremark for its decision to stop selling tobacco products at its drugstores. Obama says CVS is setting a “powerful example,” and says the decision will help his administration’s efforts to reduce tobacco-related deaths and disease and bring down health care costs. Obama is a former cigarette […]
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Driver of getaway car for Augusta CVS pharmacy robbery sentenced
BANGOR — The woman who drove the getaway car during a Jan. 22 robbery of a CVS pharmacy in Augusta was sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court to 18 months in prison. Candice Marie Eaton, 26, pleaded guilty in April to one count of being an accessory after the fact to the robbery of a […]