{"id":7858,"date":"2017-08-18T08:40:44","date_gmt":"2017-08-18T12:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=7858"},"modified":"2017-08-18T08:40:44","modified_gmt":"2017-08-18T12:40:44","slug":"mylan-agrees-to-pay-465-million-in-a-settlement-for-epipen-overcharges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=7858","title":{"rendered":"Mylan Agrees to Pay $465 million in a Settlement for EpiPen Overcharges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Mylan, the makers of EpiPen, and federal investigators finalized a $465 million settlement of charge the drugmaker avoided paying state Medicaid programs higher rebates by improperly classifying the brand name drug as a generic medication. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/money\/2017\/08\/17\/feds-finalize-465-m-mylan-settlement-epipen-overcharges\/576221001\/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=55419007&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9kdjzmIuwrvwaFs1BiDSiQddUU1nqWJPkg7jILc-2BW_bBLE5PiSdiPK94-j05Gc390db8DcBjT9uGtJoELmEjTgf7bw&amp;_hsmi=55419007\">Read article here\u2026<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/7227528-Syringes-and-needles-Stock-Photo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7859\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/7227528-Syringes-and-needles-Stock-Photo-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/7227528-Syringes-and-needles-Stock-Photo-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/7227528-Syringes-and-needles-Stock-Photo-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/7227528-Syringes-and-needles-Stock-Photo-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/7227528-Syringes-and-needles-Stock-Photo.jpg 1300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre style=\"margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 20px; outline: 0px; border: 1px solid #eaeaea; color: #444444; text-transform: none; line-height: 1.4; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; overflow: auto; font-family: 'Courier 10 Pitch', Courier, monospace; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-stretch: inherit; background-color: #ffffff; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; font-variant-numeric: inherit;\"><strong>Notice<\/strong>: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. 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