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Thursday, 07/13/2017 5:57:07 PM

Thursday, July 13, 2017 5:57:07 PM

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About time!

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-07-13/u-s-says-taxpayers-lost-1-3-billion-in-health-care-fraud-cases

Fraudulent claims became so rampant that Cigna Corp., the fourth-biggest U.S. health insurer, quit Florida’s Obamacare market in the fall of 2015, ahead of the sign-up period for 2016 plans. At the time, the company blamed fraudulent and abusive practices by drug-treatment centers for driving up its costs.

More than a half-million Americans served by Medicare received what the government considers high amounts of opioid painkillers last year, according to the report.

Sessions faulted the accused medical professionals of putting greed ahead of patients, turning practices into multimillion dollar criminal enterprises and ultimately sparking broader ills.

“Their actions not only enrich themselves often at the expense of taxpayers but also feed addictions and cause addictions to start.

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