Opioid Settlement Dollars
KACo National Opioid Settlement Monies and How They Could Benefit Hancock County
In 2022, Attorney General Daniel Cameron announced a $26 billion national settlement with Cardinal Health, McKesson, AmerisourceBergen (3 major pharmaceutical distributors in the U.S.) and Johnson & Johnson for the large part they played in creating and continuing the opioid epidemic. Kentucky will receive $478.1 million of that $26 billion. Those pay outs began in…
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