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Kevin Hern: “Medicare fraud often crosses federal and state lines, and…”

Featuring: Kevin Hern, Republican | U.S. House Oklahoma, 1st Congressional District

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Rep. Hern Questions Witnesses on Rampant Medicare Fraud in Ways & Means Hearing

Published | Video Starts at 03:49

If that much fraud and abuse was found in one short operation, I can only imagine how much more is still to uncover. This operation shows that what a real partnership between a state and local law enforcement can achieve. Medicare fraud often crosses federal and state lines, and bad actors try to exploit gaps in coordination. In fact, last week at our hearing, Secretary Kennedy discussed the work that HHS and CMS are doing to catch the fraudsters who, who have stolen hundreds of millions of dollars of taxpayer dollars. (03:49–03:55)

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Asserts that Medicare fraud crosses federal and state lines and exploits coordination gaps.

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