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Sessions said to target opioid care in crackdown on fraud

In what is described as a nationwide sweep with hundreds of arrests being carried out across the U.S., the Justice Department is cracking down on fraudulent claims made to some of the nations biggest insurers.

By Michael Smith, Zachary Tracer, Tom Schoenberg | Updated on July 13, 2017
This comes as a fight brews in Congress over how much money to allot for opioid treatment and as Republicans spar over how to repeal or replace the Affordable Care Act. (Photo: iStock)

Attorney General Jeff Sessions is poised to announce a major law enforcement action this week targeting health care fraud, focusing on opioid treatment programs exploiting Obamacare insurance plans, according to two people familiar with the matter.

In what is described as a nationwide sweep with hundreds of arrests being carried out across the U.S., the Justice Department is cracking down on fraudulent claims made to some of the nation’s biggest insurers, said one of the people.

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