CVS owes America $36.7 million. CVS Caremark Corp. agreed today to pay that amount to settle Medicaid prescription drug fraud allegations. The company switched Medicaid patients from the tablet version of Ranitidine, a generic Zantac, to the capsule version. It's not medically different, but it's a lot more expensive. According to the FBI, "during the period Dec. 15, 2000, through April 1, 2001, Caremark charged Illinois Medicaid $79.80 for 60 Ranitidine capsules instead of $17.10......

The New No. 2 spotted a fabulous but we assume accidental assemblage of partywares at CVS.......