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Issue Position: Medicare Fraud

Issue Position

Date: Jan. 1, 2012
Issues: Senior Citizens Entitlements and the Safety Net Health and Health Care

I join seniors and all Americans in opposing Medicare fraud. Medicare fraud robs our seniors of quality health care and increases costs for all taxpayers. I voted for health care reform which gives Medicare new authority to root out waste, fraud, and abuse. Specifically, reform provided $700 million to fight fraud, allows CMS to conduct background checks and site visits to weed out fraudulent providers, and creates new penalties for submitting false data to Medicare or Medicaid. Passing the health reform law was the first step, but as we all know, the key to rooting out fraud will be in the implementation of the law. I will vigorously monitor CMS's efforts in this area to protect America's seniors.


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