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Greg Walden: “No crook should ever be less afraid of defrauding the Medicare program or taking advantage of a beneficiary simply…”

On the recordJuly 19, 2017
No crook should ever be less afraid of defrauding the Medicare program or taking advantage of a beneficiary simply because the penalties haven't been updated in decades.
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Greg Walden
Republican · Oregon

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Walden calls for updated penalties to deter Medicare fraud.

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