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Government pays millions for unapproved medicine

WASHINGTON — Taxpayers have shelled out at least $200 million since 2004 for medications that have never been reviewed by the government for safety and effectiveness but are covered by Medicaid, an Associated Press analysis of federal data has found. Millions of private patients take....

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