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Insurance companies receive outrageous billing for unwanted prescription creams

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February 24, 2015

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CBS News confirms federal agencies are investigating two companies behind compounded prescription pain creams. The creams were being billed for millions of dollars, and some patients didn't even know they were getting them. Jim Axelrod reports on how the combination of a compounding pharmacy with a telemarketer added up to outrageous bills to medicare and private insurance.

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