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Years, half, the nearly $186 million spent on drug medical went to clinics that have shown questionable billing practices or signs of fraud. >> personally as a physician who treats children on med-cal, i am outraged. >> reporter: the man who chairs the health care committee said today he was offended the fraud was allowed to go on, and says as of today it must stop. >> the same people that are in there apologizing, the same people sellitelling us we're se this fraud throughout the system are the same people telling us they're going to fix the system. are you satisfied? >> there is going to be ...

Voluntarily shut down on july 1st, without explanation. cnn and the center for investigative reporting reviewed thousands of records in california's drug med cal program, including program audits. we analyzed patient billings and even watched clinics undercover to see who was getting treatment and who wasn't. the result, we found the last two fiscal years, nearly half of the $186 million spent for drug med cal, about $94 million went to clinics that have shown questionable billing practices or signs of fraud. case and point. the man with the cigar, a convicted felon named alexander ferdman. >>...