Drugmakers paid out $8 billion in Medicare and Medicaid fraud fines in 10 years

USA Today: Drugmakers Have Paid $8 Billion In Fraud Fines
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 (Kennedy, 3/6).