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Friday is usually feature heavy but Tim Russert pre-empted Person of the Week on ABC and Making a Difference on NBC and Assignment America on CBS. Sharyl Attkisson stuck to her task, however, for CBS' Follow the Money. She told us of the nationwide corporate policy of Walgreens, the drugstore chain, to fix its pharmacy computers to exploit a Medicaid loophole. Medicaid sets price controls for reimbursement for frequently dispensed medication but pays full price for rarities. Walgreens found, for example, that generic Zantac in common pill form was restricted to 34c, while its rarer capsule went for full price at $1.25. Eventually all of its Zantac popping patients had been automatically switched to capsules. Medicaid has now stopped the switch and demanded its money back: Walgreens paid $35m, rivals CVS and Omnicare "coughing up $86m more."
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