Old Case Haunts Speaker Choice ; Robert Nutting Faces New Questions On the $1.2 Million His Pharmacy Never Repaid After Mainecare Overbilling.

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The pharmacy once owned by House speaker nominee Robert Nutting received more than $1 million in excess MaineCare payments that were never repaid, according to recently released state records.

True's Pharmacy, which Nutting owned from 1970 until it closed in 2003, was found to have overbilled the state-and-federal program by about $1.6 million for sales of adult incontinency products, such as diapers and bed liners, according to an audit in 2001. Nutting was a member of the Legislature at the time.

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Old Case Haunts Speaker Choice ; Robert Nutting Faces New Questions On the $1.2 Million His Pharmacy Never Repaid After Mainecare Overbilling.

Unable to repay the money fast enough, the company went into bankruptcy and its assets were liquidated, leaving nearly $1.2 million in remaining debt, according to state records obtained by MaineToday Media. That balance was wiped out in the bankruptcy...

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