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John Thune: “The Government Accountability Office found that 95% of these…”

Featuring: John Thune, Republican | Senate Majority Leader, South Dakota

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In other words, they got people to submit to try and get into the program. They tried to get into the program. And what The Government Accountability Office found that 95% of these [fraudulent claims] got enrolled by the insurance companies. That audit was not done two years ago. Five years ago. That audit was just released last week. The Government Accountability Office said that in their survey population, they looked at a group of people, a population, and found that 95%. (16:50–16:59)

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Asserts that 95% of fraudulent claims were enrolled by insurance companies according to a GAO study.

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