An appeals court in Texas ruled that a health care liability lawsuit against Walgreens, brought by a family whose son filled a prescription for 60 sedative pills before taking them all and overdosing, should be dismissed. The man fled the emergency room he was taken to after overdosing and died after running into traffic on a nearby freeway.
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A California man claims in a federal class action that Walgreens conspired with pharmacy benefit managers to overcharge customers for generic drugs by charging those who use their insurance more money and collecting copays higher than the cost of the medications.
Read moreIllinois consumers took their outrage over Cook County’s new sweetened-beverage tax to court just a week after it took effect, accusing McDonald’s, 7-Eleven and Walgreens of applying the tax to unsweetened drinks and overtaxing sodas.
Read moreWalgreens, CVS and other pharmacies systematically overcharged diabetes patients for their insulin pump supplies when they should have been covered by Medicare, according to a federal class action.
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