Kathy Hochul: “A surgeon was recently accused of participating in a staged…”

“And that is a real driver of why these insurance premiums are, are so astronomical. As I said, we're seeing it on Long island and across the entire state. And back to Deer Park. A surgeon was recently accused of participating in a staged accident scheme. He allegedly copied and pasted the same Phony medical report for two dozen patients. Imagine how brazen that is. Someone thinking they're never going to get caught and defrauding a system where the rest of us have to pay.” (12:20–12:26)

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