Comments on: Pfizer Pleads Guilty to a Felony, Will Pay $2.3 Billion to Settle Fraud Charges http://pubrecord.org/law/4591/pfizer-pleads-guilty-felony-billion/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pfizer-pleads-guilty-felony-billion Intrepid New Journalism Wed, 23 May 2012 23:20:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: mcthorogood http://pubrecord.org/law/4591/pfizer-pleads-guilty-felony-billion/comment-page-1/#comment-500 mcthorogood Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:31:35 +0000 http://pubrecord.org/?p=4591#comment-500 Eli Lilly was fined $1.4B for off-label marketing of Zyprexa earlier this year. I'm glad to see that the USDOJ is doing its job. Now if the FDA would do its job and take aspartame off the market, require labeling for GMO's, etc., we could all live healthier lives. Eli Lilly was fined $1.4B for off-label marketing of Zyprexa earlier this year. I’m glad to see that the USDOJ is doing its job. Now if the FDA would do its job and take aspartame off the market, require labeling for GMO’s, etc., we could all live healthier lives.

]]> By: Dave "knowbuddhau" Parker http://pubrecord.org/law/4591/pfizer-pleads-guilty-felony-billion/comment-page-1/#comment-498 Dave "knowbuddhau" Parker Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:29:15 +0000 http://pubrecord.org/?p=4591#comment-498 Hey, if federal employees deserve that, why don't the rest of us? I myself have been bankrupted by medical bills and run-away credit card debt since the housing bust. I could be a much more giving member of my community in a country that actually promoted the general welfare and strove to form a more perfect union by providing Medicare for all. And another thing: now that Pfizer is a convicted criminal, shouldn't it be barred from doing business with the government? Won't these fines, large as they are, be considered just a cost of doing business? As long as corporations are defined by the bottom line, they'll be public health hazards. I'd like to see a huge rollback in the so-called "personhood" of corporations. If they're persons at all, they're Sorcerer's Apprentices. Hey, if federal employees deserve that, why don’t the rest of us? I myself have been bankrupted by medical bills and run-away credit card debt since the housing bust. I could be a much more giving member of my community in a country that actually promoted the general welfare and strove to form a more perfect union by providing Medicare for all.

And another thing: now that Pfizer is a convicted criminal, shouldn’t it be barred from doing business with the government? Won’t these fines, large as they are, be considered just a cost of doing business? As long as corporations are defined by the bottom line, they’ll be public health hazards.

I’d like to see a huge rollback in the so-called “personhood” of corporations. If they’re persons at all, they’re Sorcerer’s Apprentices.

]]> By: Mary Francis http://pubrecord.org/law/4591/pfizer-pleads-guilty-felony-billion/comment-page-1/#comment-491 Mary Francis Wed, 02 Sep 2009 22:29:42 +0000 http://pubrecord.org/?p=4591#comment-491 The criminal activity of Pharma and Insurance companies listed below are a small sample collected in less than 15 minutes. And of course, these are the ones we caught... how much has not been caught? Is it any wonder that 77% of Americans want a public option? ***United HealthCare Insurance Co. and UnitedHealthCare of North Carolina Inc. have agreed to pay the state nearly $800,000 to resolve allegations that the two companies violated North Carolina law. Jul 24, 2008 ***Pfizer pays fine to settle allegations of PharmaMACT violations 25-Jun-2008 ***"California health insurance regulators on Tuesday issued a $3.5 million fine against PacifiCare, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, the Sacramento Bee reports (Chan, Sacramento Bee, 1/30/2008). ***Pfizer to Pay $75 Million to Settle Trovan-Testing Suit Friday, July 31, 2009 ***UnitedHealthcare Pays $650,000 Fine Imposed by Neb. Department May 18, 2007 ***United Healthcare: Another fine! July 30, 2008 ***Pfizer Ordered To Pay Wisconsin $9M For Defrauding Medicaid Program 23 Feb 2009 - 2:00 PDT ***The Missouri Department of Insurance says United HealthCare has also agreed to pay fines totaling $536,000 over violations of a 2004 state law regulating coverage for chiropractic. August 25, 2009 ***Health insurer accused of overcharging millions – United Health Care/Oxford Insurance 50 Million Fine Posted Jan 14 09 6:33pm ***The Texas Department of Insurance fined United Healthcare $4.4 million for violating the state's prompt payment law. It found the company did not pay "clean" claims on time. This was the second time in two years and the fourth time since 2001 that the state of Texas had to fine United Healthcare for the same problem. ***The Arizona Department of Insurance ordered United Healthcare to pay civil penalties totaling $364,750 for illegally denying more than 63,000 claims by doctors without receiving all of the information needed to accept or deny a claim and for failing to follow state laws for promptly notifying doctors and patients about decisions and appeals. ***An examination by the Georgia insurance department found that United Healthcare was late with between 75,000 and 80,000 claims in accordance with Georgia’s law that requires prompt payment. In response to the findings, the Georgia Office of the Insurance and Fire Safety Commissioner fined United Healthcare and sister companies United Healthcare of Georgia Inc. and Golden Rule Insurance Co., $2.8 million. The company was fined for similar delinquencies in 2000 and 2002. The criminal activity of Pharma and Insurance companies listed below are a small sample collected in less than 15 minutes. And of course, these are the ones we caught… how much has not been caught?
Is it any wonder that 77% of Americans want a public option?
***United HealthCare Insurance Co. and UnitedHealthCare of North Carolina Inc. have agreed to pay the state nearly $800,000 to resolve allegations that the two companies violated North Carolina law.
Jul 24, 2008
***Pfizer pays fine to settle allegations of PharmaMACT violations
25-Jun-2008
***”California health insurance regulators on Tuesday issued a $3.5 million fine against PacifiCare, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, the Sacramento Bee reports (Chan, Sacramento Bee, 1/30/2008).
***Pfizer to Pay $75 Million to Settle Trovan-Testing Suit
Friday, July 31, 2009
***UnitedHealthcare Pays $650,000 Fine Imposed by Neb. Department
May 18, 2007
***United Healthcare: Another fine!
July 30, 2008
***Pfizer Ordered To Pay Wisconsin $9M For Defrauding Medicaid Program
23 Feb 2009 – 2:00 PDT
***The Missouri Department of Insurance says United HealthCare has also agreed to pay fines totaling $536,000 over violations of a 2004 state law regulating coverage for chiropractic.
August 25, 2009
***Health insurer accused of overcharging millions – United Health Care/Oxford Insurance 50 Million Fine
Posted Jan 14 09 6:33pm
***The Texas Department of Insurance fined United Healthcare $4.4 million for violating the state’s prompt payment law. It found the company did not pay “clean” claims on time. This was the second time in two years and the fourth time since 2001 that the state of Texas had to fine United Healthcare for the same problem.
***The Arizona Department of Insurance ordered United Healthcare to pay civil penalties totaling $364,750 for illegally denying more than 63,000 claims by doctors without receiving all of the information needed to accept or deny a claim and for failing to follow state laws for promptly notifying doctors and patients about decisions and appeals.
***An examination by the Georgia insurance department found that United Healthcare was late with between 75,000 and 80,000 claims in accordance with Georgia’s law that requires prompt payment. In response to the findings, the Georgia Office of the Insurance and Fire Safety Commissioner fined United Healthcare and sister companies United Healthcare of Georgia Inc. and Golden Rule Insurance Co., $2.8 million. The company was fined for similar delinquencies in 2000 and 2002.

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