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U.S. Busts $108 Million Black Market in Medicaid Drugs

From Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

July 18, 2012

Operators of a nationwide black market have illegally sold more than $100 million of expensive HIV medications and other drugs obtained from patients on the government-run Medicaid health insurance plan, U.S. authorities said on Tuesday. Four dozen people were charged in documents unsealed in Manhattan federal court with running a scheme to repackage and sell medication bought on the street from recipients of Medicaid, the medical insurance program for the poor and disabled. (Katz, Reuters, 7/17)

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