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Medicare contractors make billions despite wrongdoing

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Companies that do business with Medicare have defrauded the federally run health care system for an average of $60 billion a year, according to a new report from ProPublica. Some of the worst offenders continue to do business with Medicare after paying penalties that are only a fraction of the profits made on misbehavior.

Here & Now's Scott Tong speaks with ProPublica reporter Peter Elkind.

This segment aired on November 13, 2024.

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