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Trump Says He'll Stop Health Care Fraudsters. Last Time, He Let Them Walk

President Donald Trump has stated his administration will tackle health care fraud, mentioning 'hundreds of billions of dollars of fraud' without specifics during an address to Congress.
Jacob Elberg commented that Trump's history of leniency towards fraudsters sends a really bad message for the Department of Justice's deterrence efforts.
Jerry Martin criticized Trump's focus on fraud as a possible political tool rather than a true intent to combat fraud.
Martin noted that Trump's leniency towards convicted fraudsters may discourage Department of Justice employees from continuing these investigations.

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Trump says he'll stop health care fraudsters. Last time, he let them walk

Five years ago, the CEO of one of the largest pain clinic companies in the Southeast was sentenced to more than three years in prison after being convicted in a $4 million illegal kickback scheme.But after just four months behind bars, John Estin Davis walked free. President Donald Trump commuted Davis’ sentence in the last days of his first term. In a statement explaining the decision, the White House said that “no one suffered financially” from

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Trump Says He'll Stop Health Care Fraudsters. Last Time, He Let Them Walk

Trump Says He'll Stop Health Care Fraudsters. Last Time, He Let Them Walk - Across California, CA - As one of the first actions of his second term, Trump fired 17 independent inspectors general responsible for rooting out fraud and waste.

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Trump says he’ll stop health care fraudsters. Last time, he let them walk.

Five years ago, the CEO of one of the largest pain clinic companies in the Southeast was sentenced to more than three years in prison after being convicted in a $4 million illegal kickback scheme.

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'Really bad message': Trump says he’ll stop fraudsters — but he let them walk the last time

Five years ago, the CEO of one of the largest pain clinic companies in the Southeast was sentenced to more than three years in prison after being convicted in a $4 million illegal kickback scheme. But after just four months behind bars, John Estin Davis walked free. President Donald Trump commuted Davis’ sentence in the last days of his first term. In a statement explaining the decision, the White House said that “no one suffered financially” fr…

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Trump says he'll stop health care fraudsters. Last time, he let them walk.

In his first term, President Trump granted pardons or clemency to more than 60 convicted fraudsters, including some involved in health care schemes with astonishing costs.

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