Taxpayers were overcharged for patient meds. Then came the lawyers.

A group of politically connected lawyers formed a venture to go after insurers and made millions from one of the largest Medicaid settlements in history. Above, Centene Corporation headquarters in Clayton, Missouri. (Jeff Roberson/Associated Press) .singleRepublisherRow {display:none;} Shalina Chatlani examined the health care system in Mississippi as a part of The New York…