The United States Files False Claims Act Complaint Against Three National Health Insurance Companies and Three Brokers Alleging Unlawful Kickbacks and Discrimination Against Disabled Americans

Posted on May 2, 2025 by Pharmaciststeve

The United States Files False Claims Act Complaint Against Three National Health Insurance Companies and Three Brokers Alleging Unlawful Kickbacks and Discrimination Against Disabled Americans https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/united-states-files-false-claims-act-complaint-against-three-national-health-insurance The United States filed a complaint today under the False Claims Act (FCA) against three of the nation’s largest health insurance companies — Aetna Inc. and affiliates, Elevance Health Inc. […]

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How the FDA Helped Ignite, and Then Worsened, the Opioid Crisis

Posted on May 2, 2025 by Pharmaciststeve

I have never seen anyone giving Congress any part of their contribution to the theoretical opioid crisis, but this may be their contribution that was signed into law by Pres Clinton. S. 3163 (106th): A bill to designate the calendar decade beginning on January 1, 2001, as the “Decade of Pain Control and Research” This […]

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