Author: Aneri Pattani, KFF Health News
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Opioid settlement payouts to Denver, other cities made public for first time
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Denver, Aurora and thousands of local governments nationwide are receiving settlement money from companies that made, sold, or distributed opioid painkillers, such as Johnson & Johnson, AmerisourceBergen and Walmart. In the case of Denver, the city so far has received nearly $2 million in five installments in the last two years. In Aurora, the figure…