CVS bills itself as a health care company, not just a drugstore chain. CVS CEO Tom Ryan says the company is trying to “improve patient access, and promote better health outcomes”  as well as to make money for shareholders. But there is an underside to the company’s story of growth. CVS does a worse job than its major national competitors at providing fair and equal access to its stores and health care services. And in the key markets analyzed here, CVS provides poorer quality services to low- and moderate-income Americans than to the most affluent.

• CVS Operates Fewer Stores in Communities of Color
• CVS Operates Fewer Stores in Low-Income Communities
• CVS Worse than Walgreens and Rite Aid on Access
• CVS Shutters Inner-City Stores
• CVS Limits Condom Access for Some
• CVS Focuses Anti-Theft Measures on Communities of Color
• CVS's Uneven Service Levels
• Unsanitary CVS Stores in Communities of Color

Over 200 organizations across the country are demanding that CVS unlock condoms in communities of color and take down another barrier to reproductive health.  Supporters include Asian Pacific AIDS Intervention Team, National Organization of Women, National Asian Pacific Womens Forum and Sistersong.

In addition, CVS Caremark has been found by at least two attorney generals (NY and CA) to be found selling expired products, most of which were baby products.  Communities across the country have been demanding that CVS make a consistent policy of pulling expired products off their shelves. 

Please check out the website to learn about all the other issues with CVS Caremark.

Learn more at www.curecvsnow.org and sign the petition online to take action!

Cure CVS Now is a project of Change to Win, a federation of seven labor unions focusing on organizing for the rights of working families.