By Townhall Chicago News Staff
Federal prosecutors charged 15 people in a $2 billion health care and Medicare fraud case spanning Southern California, Dallas and Chicago, Fox News Radio correspondent Ian Carrick said in a report aired Sunday.
“The DOJ charging 15 defendants in a massive $2 billion health care and Medicare fraud takedown. In Southern California, Dallas and Chicago,” Carrick said.
The report did not name the Chicago-area defendants or describe the specific fraud schemes involved in the case.
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz, in audio aired as part of the same report, credited enforcement directives under the Trump administration, rather than new legislation, for halting fraudulent payments.
“This is just like immigration. We didn’t need a law. We needed a president who just said we’re not going to do this anymore,” Oz said.
Oz said the administration has stopped $50 billion in fraudulent payments. “We’re not going to let the fraud happen. We’ve already stopped $50 billion from leaving Medicare,” Oz said.
Carrick’s report described the case as a Medicare fraud takedown, while Oz referenced both Medicare and Medicaid payments in his remarks, and the report did not clarify whether the charges cover both programs.
Those charged have not been convicted, and the specific allegations against each defendant were not detailed in the reporting reviewed for this story.
