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Posted by: Paul Burch on Jun 1, 2023

The U.S. Supreme Court in a 9-0 decision today threw out a lower court's ruling that said pharmacy chains owned by Safeway Inc. and SuperValu Inc. could not be held responsible for fraud in whistleblower cases, reported Reuters. Whistleblowers had accused the companies of defrauding Medicare and Medicaid programs by offering prescription drugs at discounted prices to customers paying out of pocket, while charging higher rates to the government. Writing for the court, Justice Clarence Thomas said the whistleblowers had shown evidence that executives knew the discounted prices should have been reported and took steps to hide the lower prices from state and federal authorities.