ISPC or PNHP Illinois will have a speaker at this press conference called by La Villita Neighbors, Peoples Response Network, Alderman Michael Rodriguez, and Alderman Byron Sigcho-Lopez.

In 2021, CVS bought Aetna, including its Illinois Medicaid HMO, and then removed Walgreens from its pharmacy network. Now it is closing stores in underserved neighborhoods, compounding people’s access to medications.

Furthermore, CVS has been a major funder of anti-single-payer lobbying, for which it is subject to a campaign by National Nurses United.