Eighteen of the participating states, as Attorney General Blanche pointed out, were blue states with Democratic governors. Fraud does not recognize party lines and neither does accountability. Today's cases include the largest Medicaid fraud enforcement action. Department of History, 165 defendants charged with allegedly submitting more than $200 million in false claims to Medicaid. These schemes did not target government programs. They targeted the American taxpayer. They stole money from workers who paid taxes, from families who depend on Medicare and Medicaid, and from patients who trusted their health care professionals to be serving their health interests. (01:16–01:31)
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Asserts that today's cases include the largest Medicaid fraud enforcement action with 165 defendants charged.
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