Health clinic in Montana Superfund town faces penalties for false asbestos claims
A health clinic in a Montana town plagued by deadly asbestos contamination faces millions of dollars in penalties after a jury found it submitted more than 300 false asbestos claims to the U.S. government, making some of its patients eligible for Medicare and other benefits they shouldn't have received. The small, federally funded clinic has been at the forefront of the medical response to deadly pollution from mining near Libby, Mont. A seven-person jury said Wednesday night that the false claims caused more than $1 million in damages to the federal government.