CVS Pharmacy to offer primary care with purchase of Oak Street Health

Woonsocket, Rhode Island: In line with rivals Walgreens, Cigna and UnitedHealth in adding primary care to its portfolio CVS Health will purchase unprofitable Oak Street Health for some $9.5 billion in cash.

Since 2022, CVS Health, which includes one of the largest pharmacy chains in the US, along with pharmacy benefit managers and health insurers, with its Aetna unit, had been in the market for a medical service