CVS Health's Health Care Benefits segment, which includes Hartford-based Aetna Inc., was the primary driver of the improved results in the second quarter.
Hartford-based Aetna Inc. said Tuesday it will invest $1.2 million over the next five years into a workforce development initiative to support career training, academic partnerships and talent development programs in the state.
CVS Health and Hartford HealthCare on Thursday announced they are expanding a collaboration that allows patients to receive in-network adult primary care services at all Connecticut MinuteClinic locations for many insurance plans accepted by the healthcare system.
CVS Health reported record revenue for 2025 and reaffirmed its earnings outlook for the coming year, but continuing cost pressures at its Aetna insurance business weighed on quarterly profitability and underscored the challenges faced by the company’s health benefits segment.
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.
Two Connecticut communities recently filed separate but identical federal lawsuits accusing major insulin manufacturers and pharmacy benefit managers of orchestrating a long-running scheme that artificially inflated the cost of diabetes medications.