For Immediate Release: Contact: George Linkletter
June 23, 2016 203-313-2386
George@ClayCope.com
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Clay Cope Applauds Arrest of
Medicare/Medicaid Scammers
Says more must be done to eliminate
fraud, waste, abuse in Federal programs
"The agencies are to be congratulated for discovering the scheme - but at the same time the scope of the theft is just staggering and underscores the need for heightened vigilance on the part of Federal watchdogs," he continued.
"The problem of fraud, waste and abuse in Federal programs only grows larger as expenditures increase. The fact that a scam of this magnitude could exist and continue over a lengthy period of time suggests that other scams also exist and remain undiscovered."
"American taxpayers are hard pressed to fund these programs, and legitimate recipients deserve to receive the benefits they are entitled to.
"Aggressively rooting out fraud, waste and abuse is the best way to assure these programs serve the Americans who deserve the benefits with the least burden to taxpayers."
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A native of Texas, Clay Cope traded a successful 28-year career in the fashion industry for Public Service in CT. He has won five local elections, and is now the three-term First Selectman for the Town of Sherman. He is
widely regarded for his fiscally conservative approach to government. He has successfully managed multi-million dollar municipal budgets, finishing the year in the black, not the red. He pays down debt, not adds to it, and has rebuilt the Town's Rainy Day Fund. His stewardship of the Town
's finances
enabled the removal of a negative outlook on the Town's debt, which was incurred by a previous administration.
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