CVS accused of using monopoly power to exploit federal drug subsidies | Courthouse News Service
MANHATTAN (CN) - New York Attorney General Letitia James brought an antitrust complaint Thursday against CVS Health Corp., saying it forced hospitals that serve the states low-income patients to pay millions of dollars for exclusive access to discounted prescription drugs.. "While safety-net health care providers are tackling public health crises and helping underserved communities, CVS is robbing them out of millions of desperately needed funds that could improve patient care," James said in a statement about the case. "CVSs actions are a clear example of a large corporation using its clout and power to take advantage of institutions and vulnerable New Yorkers, but my office will not allow it.". Filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, the complaint says CVS required New Yorks safety-net hospitals and clinics to exclusively use the CVS subsidiary Wellpartner to process and obtain federal subsidies on prescriptions filled at CVS pharmacies through the 340B federal program.. This "exclusionary and ...
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