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Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal Wednesday announced an investigation of CVS Caremark’s threat to terminate a consumer discount drug program because the law requires the chain to extend the same discounts to the state’s Medicaid program. Blumenthal, in cooperation with Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) Commissioner Jerry Farrell, Jr., has sent CVS Caremark a subpoena demanding the company explain why providing the discounts to the state Medicaid program would result in termination of its Health Savings Pass program in Connecticut and other information. His actions followed a request from Governor M. Jodi Rell, who last week asked Blumenthal to review...

Caremark Sued for Racial and Ethnic Harassment, Discrimination, and Retaliation Sat Dec 3, 7:00 AM ET Dallas, TX, (PRWEB) December 3, 2005 -- Indian-born US citizen Neelima Tirumalasetti announced today she has filed suit in federal court in Texas against Caremark RX, Inc. and its subsidiary CaremarkPCS for almost daily anti-Indian harassment, discrimination, and retaliation. Reference case number: 3-05CV1847-B. Tirumalasetti worked in Caremark’s Richardson, TX facility, as a senior IT analyst in quality assurance. The lawsuit alleges that, after Caremark announced in December 2003 that it would be outsourcing Richardson work to IBM India, Tirumalasetti became the target of widespread...