Rooting out healthcare fraud deserves to remain a central focus for the administration. Those who steal from programs intended to serve seniors, low-income families, and people with disabilities should expect to be caught. Taxpayers and patients deserve nothing less.
Federal prosecutors recently announced that they’d charged 455 defendants in connection with more than $6.5 billion in alleged fraud involving Medicare, Medicaid, and other public healthcare programs.
The news serves as a vivid reminder of just how much taxpayer money can disappear when oversight falls short.
According to the Justice Department, the defendants include 90 doctors and other licensed medical professionals. Prosecutors also announced the largest Medicaid fraud operation in the department’s history, charging 295 defendants with submitting false claims totaling $518 million.
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Trump’s healthcare fraud crackdown is paying off
Sally C. Pipes
Rooting out healthcare fraud deserves to remain a central focus for the administration. Those who steal from programs intended to serve seniors, low-income families, and people with disabilities should expect to be caught. Taxpayers and patients deserve nothing less.
Federal prosecutors recently announced that they’d charged 455 defendants in connection with more than $6.5 billion in alleged fraud involving Medicare, Medicaid, and other public healthcare programs.
The news serves as a vivid reminder of just how much taxpayer money can disappear when oversight falls short.
According to the Justice Department, the defendants include 90 doctors and other licensed medical professionals. Prosecutors also announced the largest Medicaid fraud operation in the department’s history, charging 295 defendants with submitting false claims totaling $518 million.
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Nothing contained in this blog is to be construed as necessarily reflecting the views of the Pacific Research Institute or as an attempt to thwart or aid the passage of any legislation.