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Two Republican congressmen are investigating CVS over concerns that the company used confidential patient information to lobby against a Louisiana bill that would have forced it to break up its pharmacy business.

On Thursday, House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer, R-Ky., and Federal Law Enforcement Subcommittee Chair Clay Higgins, R-La., sent a letter pressing CVS about its June text message campaign to patients, alleging it may have violated the HIPAA privacy law.

The letter requests information about CVS’ use of patient data for the purposes of political advocacy in Louisiana and other states over the past five years. A spokesperson for CVS confirmed that the company has received the letter and plans to respond, while defending CVS’ behavior as “consistent with th

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