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CVS Health: Breathing a Little Easier and Holding Our Breath
CVS has officially stopped selling cigarettes and other tobacco products, a move that will cost the pharmacy chain about $2 billion in annual profits. It's difficult to say if this will affect smoking. For now, the ban is most significant for what it represents symbolically.
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Sep 12, 2014
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William G. Shadel

Tobacco and Smoking

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CVS and the Effect of In-Store Tobacco Displays on Smokers
CVS Caremark will stop selling cigarettes and other tobacco products at its CVS/pharmacy stores beginning Oct. 1. Though it stands to lose $2 billion dollars in annual revenue, CVS CEO Larry J. Merlo said that selling tobacco products is at odds with the company's mission of improving health outcomes.
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Feb 6, 2014
Health Care Costs

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Small Ideas for Saving Big Health Care Dollars (No. 4-7)
Focusing on smaller, more focused approaches can identify less controversial opportunities for modest health care savings.
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Jan 15, 2014
Retail Health Care Clinics

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Quick Takes: The Convenience Revolution in the Treatment of Minor Health Problems
Convenient options for treating minor health problems are an important new feature of the health care landscape. Ateev Mehrotra discusses these options and their implications for the medical marketplace.
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Nov 26, 2013
Health Care Access

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Attempts by States to Save Money by Locking Medicaid Enrollees out of the ED Are Likely to Backfire
In a recent article in the New England Journal of Medicine, we argue that attempts by states to save money by seeking to lock Medicaid enrollees out of the emergency department are likely to backfire. We argue that a better solution is to reverse what for many years has been a trend of shrinking access to primary care for Medicaid beneficiaries.
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May 21, 2012
Robin M. Weinick