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><channel><title>IFAwebnews &#187; Patrick Leahy</title> <atom:link href="http://ifawebnews.com/tag/patrick-leahy/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://ifawebnews.com</link> <description>The nation’s homepage for insurance industry news</description> <lastBuildDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 14:25:50 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator> <item><title>Delaware senator proposes tougher U.S. penalties for health care fraud</title><link>http://ifawebnews.com/2009/11/04/delaware-senator-proposes-tougher-u-s-penalties-for-health-care-fraud/</link> <comments>http://ifawebnews.com/2009/11/04/delaware-senator-proposes-tougher-u-s-penalties-for-health-care-fraud/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:00:54 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Keith L. Martin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Health Insurance News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[National]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Amy Klobuchar]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Arlen Specter]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Charles E. Schumer]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Congress]]></category> <category><![CDATA[criminal]]></category> <category><![CDATA[DE]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ERISA]]></category> <category><![CDATA[fraud]]></category> <category><![CDATA[health reform]]></category> <category><![CDATA[HELP committee]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Herb Kohl]]></category> <category><![CDATA[legal]]></category> <category><![CDATA[legislation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MN]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Patrick Leahy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sentencing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ted Kaufman]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Vermont]]></category> <category><![CDATA[WI]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://ifawebnews.com/?p=8235</guid> <description><![CDATA[Citing billions of dollars in costs from fraud against private and public health plans, a Delaware senator is seeking to strengthen the government’s role in investigating and prosecuting individuals abusing the system.<p><a
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isPermaLink="false">http://ifawebnews.com/?p=7420</guid> <description><![CDATA[Omitting a government-run health insurance program from a Senate reform bill will give private insurers “free rein” to increase premiums and “drive up the cost of federal subsidies,” according to a group of Senate Democrats.<p><a
href="http://ifawebnews.com/2009/10/09/private-insurers-get-free-rein-without-public-option-democrats-say/">Private insurers get ‘free rein’ without public option, Democrats say</a> via <a
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isPermaLink="false">http://ifawebnews.com/?p=7123</guid> <description><![CDATA[Patrick Leahy, chairman of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, has introduced a bill that would eliminate the federal antitrust exemption given to health insurance and medical malpractice insurance companies as a means of cutting costs.<p><a
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