United Appeals $300M Settlement Of Third-Party Payers’ Claims In Opioid MDL

( February 18, 2025, 2:20 PM EST) -- CLEVELAND — United HealthCare Services Inc. has appealed to the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals the final approval of a $300 million settlement that third-party payers (TPP) reached with three drug manufacturers to end claims that the opioid industry’s practices caused them to pay more for prescription opioids instead of safer, less addictive alternatives, and for the cost of funding opioid addiction-related treatments....