The Trump administration has announced the largest crackdown on healthcare fraud schemes, stretching across the entire country and totaling more than $1 billion.
At the center of the investigation: Prescriptions for addictive painkillers contributing to the deadliest drug overdose epidemic in America. How are pharmaceutical companies and medical professionals fueling the crisis? Does the Trump administration have a viable policy? Also in this show: The student loan debt in the US is getting out of control. The administration is sued for delaying regulations that would have erased loans for some students in trouble.
Meanwhile, Trump’s Muslim ban suffers another setback. A federal judge in Hawaii rules that grandparents and other close relatives of people in the US are exempt from the travel ban. The Supreme Court upholds that ruling. We’ll explore Trump’s worsening crises in this episode of We the People.