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Our mission to our customers is to design, develop and administer quality, cost-effective benefit programs, responsibly, consistently and fairly.

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CVS Caremark Continues Contract with Walgreens

We are very pleased to report that Walgreens will continue to participate in the CVS Caremark national pharmacy network past July 9, 2010. The multi-year agreement was announced today. This means plan members will have uninterrupted access to Walgreens and other pharmacies participating in our national network, which consists of more than 64,000 retail pharmacies, including numerous chain and independent pharmacies.

CVS Caremark is grateful to members for their patience and understanding during the past 10 days. Click on the following link for more information about this announcement.

CVS Caremark News Release

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Retirement Incentive Offered to Prince George’s Departments

At a special meeting on May 27, 2010, the Commission approved a retirement incentive program for Merit System employees of Prince George’s County Departments. We are currently in negotiations with both unions for inclusion of their represented employees in the program. This program is identical to the program offered to Montgomery County funded Departments with the exception of the effective dates. These dates had to be changed in order to meet our legal requirements concerning employee notification. This program is being offered in order to generate savings to reduce the FY 11 Proposed Budget.

The program will be offered to Merit System employees (including those on LTD) in Prince George’s Parks and Recreation, Prince George’s Planning, and the Prince George’s County Commissioners’ Office who are enrolled in Plans A, B, C and D and who are eligible for normal retirement on September 1, 2011 AND eligible to retire as of September 1, 2010 (both conditions must be met). The penalty for early retirement will not be waived.

Forums are being held at various locations to give employees the opportunity to address questions and concerns. For information about retiree benefits click on the following link, Retiree Benefits . If you have additional questions not addressed at the forum or in this document, please contact us in the Health & Benefits Office. Our contact information is below.

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