Elizabeth Warren pushes bill to break up UnitedHealth and CVS vertical integration

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Senator Elizabeth Warren is pushing bipartisan legislation to force the breakup of vertically integrated healthcare giants like UnitedHealth Group and CVS Health, arguing their control over insurance, pharmacies, and providers drives up patient costs. The Patients Before Monopolies Act, reintroduced in May with Senator Josh Hawley, would ban common ownership of insurers and pharmacies and require divestiture within one year. Warren highlighted how UnitedHealth’s UnitedHealthcare and Optum units link insurance to pharmacy services, and said the same consolidation applies to CVS Health. The bill targets the three major pharmacy benefit managers—UnitedHealth, CVS Health, and Cigna—which supporters say control every link in the prescription drug delivery chain.

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CVS Health Corp
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Warren's bill directly targets CVS Health's vertical integration, requiring divestiture.

Cigna Corp
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Bill targets major PBMs including Cigna, forcing breakup of vertical integration.

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