Trump administration charges 455 people, including doctors, with $6.5 billion in healthcare fraud
- DOJ charged 455 people—including 90 healthcare professionals—in a takedown alleging about $6.5 billion in healthcare and opioid-related fraud.
- A highlighted case claims a doctor falsely cleared a student’s heart test; 18-year-old college player Kaiden Francis died weeks later.
- The nationwide operation covered 45 states, set records for Medicaid-related charges (295 defendants, ~$518M) and has become a high-profile, politically charged crackdown.