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Thad Cochran: “Fraud and abuse are draining about $60 billion a year from our healthcare system.”

On the recordJune 8, 2009
Fraud and abuse are draining about $60 billion a year from our healthcare system.
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Thad Cochran
Republican · Mississippi

Editor's note · Context

Cochran highlights the financial impact of healthcare fraud.

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