Author: Aneri Pattani, KFF Health News
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Opioid settlement payouts to Denver, other cities made public for first time
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…