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US seeks first place in implant queue

A suit filed by the US Justice Department seeks to recover the cost to federal healthcare plans of the treatment of women suffering injuries from silicone breast implants. It further seeks recovery – from the settlement fund and six named companies – before any payment is made to individual claimants.

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