L.A. hospitals used homeless to defraud government

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The FBI has arrested two people in connection with a multimillion-dollar Medicaid/Medi-Cal scam involving three private hospitals and hundreds ? possibly thousands ? of homeless people. This is an ongoing investigation ? more arrests could come. Guest: KPCC reporter Brian Watt

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