CVS is facing immense backlash on social media after it was revealed that CVS Caremark, its prescription management service, is reportedly cutting reimbursement rates for mail-order birth control providers serving women who are unable to easily get birth control.
Ilyse Hogue, president of pro-choice organization National Association for the Repeal of Abortion Laws (NARAL), shared the update on Twitter on Thursday morning.
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Hogue wrote the cutback on reimbursement rates is “making [birth control pills] more expensive and potentially out of reach for tens of thousands of women who for many reasons cannot get to the pharmacy every month.”
Thread: Learned this morning that CVS Caremark is cutting reimbursement rates for mail order birth control pills, making it more expensive and potentially out of reach for tens of thousands of women who for many reasons cannot get to the pharmacy every month. #CVSDeniesCare
— ilyse hogue (@ilyseh) August 15, 2019
“Women need birth control delivered for many reasons—physical challenges getting to the pharmacy, living in very rural areas, simple privacy concerns, or something else—it really doesn’t matter,” Hogue wrote in a follow-up tweet. “What matters is that they should not be financially punished by CVS.”
Pill Club, a startup that does birth control delivery, took the fight online, sparking #CVSDeniesCare and #BoycottCVS.
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I’m changing all my prescriptions to another pharmacy immediately even though the CVS is literally two blocks away.
Thanks for raising awareness about this. #BoycottCVS #CVSDeniesCare https://t.co/jVlc2rwYwT
— Imani Gandy (@AngryBlackLady) August 15, 2019
Dear @cvspharmacy
If you threaten women’s access to healthcare, including birth control pills, I will NEVER step foot in any of your stores again.If #CVSDeniesCare, you deny ME. Maybe think 2x before threatening women’s healthcare- CVS shoppers are overwhelmingly women. Thx
— Women’s Rights are People’s Rights (@think_teach1) August 15, 2019
About 19 million American women now live in Contraceptive deserts – counties that lack a single clinic offering the full range of contraceptive care. #CVSdeniesCare
— Omar Dalí (@iamomardali) August 15, 2019
CVS should be an ally on choice, not an adversary. As it is, we're facing enough obstacles when making health care choices. We don’t need major corporations taking a page out of the Republican playbook and lining up against us, too. #CVSdeniesCare
— Maureen Shaw (@MaureenShaw) August 15, 2019
The male-dominated board of @cvspharmacy has decided that disabled women shouldn’t be able to get affordable #birthcontrol delivered to their homes. Part of @gop’s #WarOnWomen #CVSDeniesCare https://t.co/zT9UHzZVsV
— Melissa Jo Peltier (@MelissaJPeltier) August 15, 2019
Hogue also pointed out that CVS Healthcare PAC is donating to President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign.
“Trump and Pence have already made birth control harder to get and a little digging shows that CVS Health Pac is a big giver to Trump’s reelection campaign and to GOP electeds who have voted time after time to limit women’s reproductive freedom,” Hogue tweeted. “Shame on CVS.”
Not going to CVS ever ever again. My money will go to a local pharmacy that doesn't support Trump and taking away healthcare from women. #CVSDeniesCare
— beautiful_rulebreaking_moth (@Elizabe43878561) August 15, 2019
CVS donates money to Trump.
Don't be like CVSCVS doesn't want women without transportation to have access to birth control.
Don't be like CVS.#BoycottCVS #CVSDeniesCare— Lindsay Fogarty (@Wethepeoplehope) August 15, 2019
It’s no coincidence that CVS supports the same GOP politicians who are cracking down on women’s reproductive health care. #CVSDeniesCare pic.twitter.com/3kJAuvYNy9
— Kristina Wong ❄️ (@mskristinawong) August 15, 2019
Many pointed out that only four of CVS’ 16 board members are female.
I'm SICK AND TIRED of these billion dollar companies run by all rich, old, white guys making decisions that adversely affect the health and lives of millions of WOMEN.
Until @cvspharmacy does the right thing for ALL its customers, I will #BoycottCVS.#CVSdeniesCare https://t.co/hdtpxWwOBt
— BrooklynDad_Defiant! (@mmpadellan) August 15, 2019
Choosing profits over women’s health is sick. Also tired of men making these decisions. Get more women on your board. Time for a new pharmacy. #CVSDeniesCare
— Pocahontas Too (@solidarityvta) August 15, 2019
my #selfcare is finding another pharmacy and looking out for my own body since your board of male directors incorrectly think they know what is best for me. #CVSDeniesCare
— Mistress of Kataclysm
