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05-23-2013, 07:20 AM
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The president and chief executive officer of a medical equipment company invoked the Fifth Amendment at Senate hearing Wednesday, declining to answer questions about aggressive marketing tactics used to sell scooters, sleep apnea machines and other home medical supplies to Medicare recipients who may not need or want them.
Jon Letko of U.S. Healthcare Supply LLC, based in Milford, N.J., exercised his constitutional right not to incriminate himself at the hearing before the Senate Subcommittee on Financial and Contracting Oversight.
Before dismissing Letko, the subcommittee’s chairwoman, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., expressed hope that he might be more forthcoming with senators in the future.
“We know that your company has been speaking to the press about this issue and we’re hopeful that at some point in time your company will be in a position that you can speak to the committee under oath in the same manner that you were willing to speak to the press,” McCaskill said.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2013/05/22/191978/medical-company-declines-to-answer.html
I'm sure Darrell Issa is infuriated :rollseyes:
The president and chief executive officer of a medical equipment company invoked the Fifth Amendment at Senate hearing Wednesday, declining to answer questions about aggressive marketing tactics used to sell scooters, sleep apnea machines and other home medical supplies to Medicare recipients who may not need or want them.
Jon Letko of U.S. Healthcare Supply LLC, based in Milford, N.J., exercised his constitutional right not to incriminate himself at the hearing before the Senate Subcommittee on Financial and Contracting Oversight.
Before dismissing Letko, the subcommittee’s chairwoman, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., expressed hope that he might be more forthcoming with senators in the future.
“We know that your company has been speaking to the press about this issue and we’re hopeful that at some point in time your company will be in a position that you can speak to the committee under oath in the same manner that you were willing to speak to the press,” McCaskill said.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2013/05/22/191978/medical-company-declines-to-answer.html
I'm sure Darrell Issa is infuriated :rollseyes: