"There certainly will be a short-term jump in the number of insurance companies filing suit in Delaware" because of the Rite Aid ruling, said Michael Miguel, a Los Angeles-based insurance lawyer with McKool Smith. (Credit: Svyatoslav Lypynskyy/Adobe Stock)

(Bloomberg) — A multibillion-dollar bill is coming due for the U.S. opioid epidemic and insurers for some of the largest drug makers, distributors and pharmacies are refusing to help pay for it.

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