U.S. Prosecutors Accuse Large Insurers of Paying Kickbacks for Private Medicare Plans

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The Justice Department on Thursday accused three of the nation’s largest health insurers of paying hundreds of millions of dollars in illegal kickbacks over several years to insurance brokers that steered people into private Medicare plans.

Federal prosecutors also accused two of the insurers of colluding with brokers to discriminate against people with disabilities, by discouraging enrollment in the private Medicare plans because the insurers believed coverage would be more costly.

About 12 percent of Medicare beneficiaries are younger than 65, covered by the federal insurance program because they are disabled.

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Good work from the Trump Department of Justice.

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The whistle blower filed the claim in November of 2021.  It is likely that the bulk of the investigation occurred under Biden.  The Trump DOJ should only get credit for not dropping the ball since inauguration.

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True. But on the other hand, the antitrust prosecution against Google began under the Trump administration before it was carried to a successful conclusion under the Biden administration.