On the recordJuly 13, 2015
However, the failures that we will hear about today go far beyond lost dollars and cents, rather, they are helping to feed the prescription drug abuse crisis that is gripping the country.
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Tim Murphy highlights the serious implications of Medicare fraud on the opioid crisis.
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But in this time period of which it was available, I would assume that your addiction rate, your overdose and death rates have climbed, correct?
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