ok, so a rebate is less “here’s a reward for OD’ing people” and more “we’ll soften the blow if you continue filling Oxy with no judgment if someone ends up dying” I guess
No, it’s more Purdue and McKinsey modeled the overdose rates based on market performance of OxyContin. Overdoses were a metric, provided for free by the county health departments, that was a proxy for sales performance.
It is a murder bonus; it proceduralized a public health crisis.