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(Kaiser Network, 7/28/08)
Senate Republicans have begun "piecing together a crusade" against Medicare fraud in an effort to make the issue an important part of the health care reform debate in the next Congress, CongressDaily reports. Republicans estimate that fraud accounts for 20%, or about $60 billion, of the annual Medicare budget. Sens. Mel Martinez (R-Fla.) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) on Monday plan to lead a Senate Republican Conference meeting to examine proposals to improve detection and prevention of Medicare fraud, as well as promote a "zero fraud tolerance" agenda to increase penalties and devote more resources to prosecution of fraud.
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