CVS acquired Aetna in 2018 for $70 billion to create a healthcare conglomerate. But Aetna post-pandemic has emerged as CVS's worst-performing segment.

CVS Health, the parent of Aetna Inc., informed the state and city of Hartford on Monday that it will lay off 42 more employees who work for the Hartford-based  health insurer. In a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) filed with the state Department of Labor,

CVS Health has notified the state of more layoffs next year, including in Connecticut. They will affect 42 employees, 12 of whom work in Hartford. In October, CVS Health said 416 employees would be terminated and 93 of them worked at 151 Farmington Ave.

CVS Health announces another round of layoffs at the Hartford headquarters of its struggling health insurance division, on top of 400 job cuts last month.

CVS Health added dozens of more layoffs to the nearly 100 announced earlier this year. The state Department of Labor confirmed to Hartford Mayor Arunan Arulampalam on Tuesday that 42 more CVS Health employees would be let go between Jan.