Healthcare DIVE September 4, 2024
The settlement adds to the billions of dollars that McKesson, Cencora and Cardinal have already agreed to pay in restitution for flooding the U.S. with highly addictive painkillers.
Dive Brief:
- The three biggest U.S. drug distributors have agreed to pay $300 million to health plans to settle lawsuits over their role in perpetuating the deadly opioid epidemic.
- McKesson, Cardinal and Cencora have already shelled out billions to resolve claims that their actions made it easier for people to access highly addictive pain medication. The latest suits brought by health insurers and benefits plans argue the drug distributors’ actions forced them to cover overprescribed pills, along with treatment for their members with opioid use disorder that they would not have...
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