Palmer-Eldritch-2021

Palmer-Eldritch-2021 t1_j645cqc wrote

A big part of the ACA reforms was that it set up a separate division at DOJ that just goes after Medicaid/Medicare fraud. It's paid for itself every year. A big part of why we still have issues is that the wealthiest man in congress, Senator Rick Scott (R-Fl), made his fortune bilking Medicare. As CEO his company was involved in an auto-bill scam that was, at the time, the largest Medicare fraud in US history, totaling over $ 1 billion. He pleaded the 5th nearly 100 times in the trial, pretending he had no idea how it could happen. He also opposed the ACA's fraud reforms.

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