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Feds, Ohio Republicans focus on individual cases of Medicaid fraud, but what about corporations?
Trump administration officials and Ohio Republicans highlighted investigations into individual Medicaid fraud cases involving $100 million in alleged scams but did not address corporations with large Medicaid contracts, including UnitedHealthcare and CVS Health, which have faced lawsuits and accusations of up-charging by $250 million annually. Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche emphasized targeting individuals like two Ohio state employees accused of billing $30 million for undelivered services, while corporations with vertically integrated operations remained unmentioned.
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