CVS Health plans to lay off more than 300 additional workers at Hartford health insurer Aetna, including 17 in Connecticut, by the end of July, raising the total number of layoffs in the past two years to more than 1,000 workers.
In a notice sent Wednesday to state and city officials, the Rhode Island-based health care services company said it will lay off 313 additional remote workers between April 3 and July 31.
The remote workers report to a supervisor at Aetna’s headquarters at 151 Farmington Ave. Of the 313 workers, 17 live in Connecticut, it said. The letter does not identify the other states where the remote workers reside.
CVS Health said the layoffs are the result of “operational changes in CVS Health Aetna’s Small Group business segment.”
“All employees who will be terminated as a result of this action have been notified of their separation dates and that their separation from employment will be permanent,” the notice states.
It adds that no union workers are involved and there are no bumping rights for the affected employees.
This is the third round of layoffs since last fall and the seventh since October 2024, when the companies announced an initial round of 416 layoffs. The following month, the companies announced the layoff of 40 additional Aetna employees.
In October 2025, CVS Health said it would cut 72 remote workers in three states — Kentucky, Michigan and Ohio — who report to the Aetna facility in Hartford. The company cited the loss of a contract for 2026 as the reason for those layoffs.
That was followed in December by CVS Health saying it would lay off 164 remote workers during a 14-day period starting Feb. 15.
Those job eliminations followed 55 layoffs, including just two state residents, in April, when CVS Health closed its Carefree insurance line of business.
