Bernie Sanders - U S Healthcare Held Hostage by Corporate Fraud

U S Senator Bernie Sanders inquiring how to stop systemic illegal behavior of corporations, details the ongoing wave of corporate fraud, deceit, and corruption that plagues our healthcare system.

Phizer: $9m for violating Wisconsin Medicaid Law more than 1.4m times Fines $140m to $21B
$430m + $240m plead guilty
$49m fines defrauded Medicaid for overcharging for Lipitor

Glaxo-Smith-Klein agreed to pay California $14m and paid $88m in civil fines for over-charging in Medicaid.

Hoffmann-La Roche $500m 1999 criminal fine for leading worldwide conspiracy to fix prices

Sanofi-Aventis 2009 paid $95m to settle charges of False Claims Act

United Health paid $350m to settle losses brought by AMA et al alleging shortchanged consumer and physicians

Etna paid $470m to settle lawsuit that it shortchanged patient and physician care

Hospital Corporation of America agreed to pay $1.7bB to settle civil and criminal charges that it systemically defrauded Medicare and Medicaid

Tenet Healthcare Corporation (THC) $54m for unnecessary cardiac surgery for profit plus $725m to resolve claims for over-billing Medicare over a 6-year period