"almost speechless": Rampant Canadian pharmacy fraud sign of a broken system ("...dispensed an alternative in exchange for rebates and other discounts from the manufacturer.")

Rampant Canadian pharmacy fraud sign of a broken system, expert says

KAREN HOWLETT AND DAVID ANDREATTA

The Globe and Mail

Published Monday, Dec. 23 2013

"One pharmacist cheated British Columbia taxpayers out of $471,000 in an elaborate methadone billing scheme.

An Ontario regulatory body proclaimed itself “almost speechless” at the extent to which it found another pharmacist had “milked” the provincial drug plan.

And more than a dozen pharmacists in Saskatchewan billed the province for one drug but dispensed an alternative in exchange for rebates and other discounts from the manufacturer."