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This week on "The State of Ohio": State lawmakers consider what they can do in the wake of the horrible and yet miraculous escape story out of Cleveland involving three women held prisoner in a house for a decade. New data shows more than half of all violent crimes are committed by a very small numbers of offenders. Lawmakers are now working to target that tiny group. And more thoughts on legislation that would dramatically change rules on unions in Ohio.
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| Ohio to Get $16 Million in Drug Settlement. |
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By Bill Cohen - April 17, 2003 |
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It’s being called the largest Medicaid fraud settlement in the nation’s history, and Ohio is going to receive $16 million from it. Two major drug companies, Bayer and GlaxoSmithKline, have agreed to pay 49 states a total of nearly $330 million in exchange for the states dropping a lawsuit. It had accused the manufacturers of overcharging state Medicaid programs for medicine. Mark Gribben is a spokesman for Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro. He talked with statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen about the case against the two drug companies. |
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Bill Cohen reports (0:48) 
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| The case against the two drug manufacturers had involved medicines such as Paxil, an anti-depressant,Flonase, a nasal spray,and Cipro, a drug used to fight anthrax. |
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