Washington D.C. – An explosive new report reveals that Donald Trump has granted clemency to individuals convicted of more than $2 billion in health care fraud cases. Yet, Republicans in Congress like U.S. Rep. Monica De La Cruz (R-TX-15) have been revealingly quiet on the findings even after they used fraud as a pretext to pass Trump’s Big Ugly bill that slashed over $1 trillion from Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act, ripping away life-saving coverage and raising costs for millions of hard-working Americans and seniors to pay for tax breaks for billionaires and big corporations. The report, ‘The Real Fraud’, was entered into Congressional record this week.
“Donald Trump hands out ‘get out of jail free’ cards to the worst health care fraudsters in the country including big donors, and not one peep about it from Republicans like Monica De La Cruz that used fraud as an excuse to pass the largest health care cuts in U.S. history to fund tax breaks for billionaires,” said Brad Woodhouse, President of Save My Care. “While scammers who stole from Medicare and Medicaid are being rewarded with pardons from Trump and Republicans, hard-working American workers and seniors are being punished with lost coverage, denials of care, higher premiums and fewer hospitals. Fraud is real and it’s coming from inside the house of Republicans like Rep. De La Cruzwho say they had no choice but to rob millions of Americans of quality, affordable health care to give giant corporations and billionaires a trillion-dollar tax break.”
KEY REPORT FINDINGS:
- Donald Trump pardoned health care fraudsters who collectively defrauded the federal government of over $2 billion in taxpayer money.
- Trump doesn’t care about fraud; he pardoned 70+ fraudsters during his time in office, including countless donors, allies, and celebrities.
- Trump ripped health care away from 15 million Americans, including seniors, children, veterans, and people with disabilities, in the name of fraud to hide the unpopular truth: he cut over $1 trillion from the health care programs working Americans rely on, to bankroll tax breaks for his billionaire donors and corporations.
- While one in three Americans skip meals or other needs to afford health care and millions of working Americans lose sleep over their health care bills thanks to Trump’s cuts, some of the biggest health care fraudsters in the nation are sleeping consequence-free in their multimillion-dollar mansions thanks to Trump’s pardons.
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