What You Need to Know About the Opioid Settlement Funds
The cash, which comes from firms esteem Purdue Pharma, McKesson, CVS, and others that made, distributed, and sold opioid painkillers, is supposed as restitution for their roles in fueling the epidemic. KFF Health Recordsdata senior correspondent Aneri Pattani breaks down the cash’s course – from when it lands to the draw in which it’s spent.
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Payback: Monitoring the Opioid Settlement Money
Opioid producers and distributors are paying bigger than $54 billion in restitution to resolve lawsuits about their characteristic in the overdose epidemic, with little oversight on how the cash is spent. We’re monitoring how notify and native governments spend — or misuse — the cash.
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Aneri Pattani
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Hannah Norman
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Oona Tempest
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