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CVS to staff: Disclose weight or pay $600
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A CVS Caremark Corp. policy that its 200,000 employees must submit to a wellness exam by May 1 or face a $600 surcharge on their insurance payments has stirred a heated backlash online.
The debate over the new policy at CVS, a Woonsocket, R.I.-based pharmacy operator, combines concerns about rising health care costs, patient privacy rights and anger at what some commentators are calling coercion...
