Drugmakers have paid $8 billion in fraud fines

April 3, 2012

By Kelly Kennedy, USA TODAY;  Updated 3/6/2012 8:43 AM  WASHINGTON – The nation’s largest drugmakers have paid at least $8 billion in fines for repeatedly defrauding Medicare and Medicaid over the past decade, but they remain in business with the federal government because they are often the sole suppliers of critical products, records show. Read more