Exhibit 23.1



Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm



The Board of Directors

Caremark Rx, Inc.:



We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements listed below of Caremark Rx, Inc. of our reports dated February 21, 2005, with
respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Caremark Rx, Inc. as of December 31, 2004 and 2003, and the related consolidated statements of income, changes in stockholders equity and comprehensive income and cash flows for each of the years
in the three-year period ended December 31, 2004, and all related financial statement schedules, managements assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2004 and the effectiveness of internal
control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2004, which reports appear in the December 31, 2004 annual report on Form 10-K of Caremark Rx, Inc.



Our report dated February 21, 2005, on managements assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting and the
effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2004, contains an explanatory paragraph that states that, in conducting the Companys evaluation of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial
reporting, management excluded the acquisition of AdvancePCS, which was completed by the Company in 2004. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting of Caremark Rx, Inc. also excluded an evaluation of the internal control over financial
reporting of AdvancePCS.



| |  |  | Form S-8 333-114100 pertaining to the 2004 Incentive Stock Plan;
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| |  |  | Form S-4 333-109519 pertaining to Caremarks merger with AdvancePCS;
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| |  |  | Form S-8 33-86806 pertaining to the 1993 Stock Option Plan;
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| |  |  | Form S-8 333-11875 pertaining to MedPartners Incentive Compensation Plan;
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| |  |  | Form S-8 333-11127 pertaining to the 1995 Stock Option Plan;
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| |  |  | Form S-8 333-05703 pertaining to MedPartners Employee Savings Plan;
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| |  |  | Form S-8 333-14159 pertaining to Caremarks Employee Savings Plan;
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| |  |  | Form S-8 333-14163 pertaining to Caremarks Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan and Caremarks Stock Purchase Plan;
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| |  |  | Form S-8 333-38835 pertaining to MedPartners 1997 Long Term Incentive Compensation Plan;
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| |  |  | Form S-8 333-16863 pertaining to MedPartners Employee Stock Purchase Plan;
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| |  |  | Form S-8 333-17339 pertaining to the resale of common stock by certain selling shareholders;
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| |  |  | Form S-8 333-30145 pertaining to the MedPartners 1994 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan and 1994 Incentive Plan;
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| |  |  | Form S-8 333-42967 pertaining to the Amended and Restated 1995 Stock Option Plan;
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| |  |  | Form S-8 333-50849 pertaining to MedPartners 1997 Long Term Incentive Compensation Plan;
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| |  |  | Form S-3 333-53761 pertaining to the resale of common stock by certain selling shareholders;
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| |  |  | Form S-8 333-64371 pertaining to MedPartners 1998 Employee Stock Option Plan;
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| |  |  | Form S-8 333-68709 pertaining to the Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement Dated August 6, 1998 between MedPartners and Edwin M. Crawford; and
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| |  |  | Form S-8 333-68707 pertaining to MedPartners 1998 New Employee Stock Option Plan.
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/s/    KPMG LLP



Nashville, Tennessee

February 24, 2005