Federal government wants a cut of $270M Oklahoma got from opioid manufacturer
These kinds of settlements are life blood for politicians.
(From The Washington Examiner)
Oklahoma received $270 million in its settlement with Purdue Pharma, the manufacturing giant behind dangerously addictive opioid OxyContin, but the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services want a portion of the windfall.
That money, however, has already been allocated elsewhere.
Reprinted from: https://www.ac2news.com/2019/07/federal-government-wants-a-cut-of-270m-oklahoma-got-from-opioid-manufacturer/