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Alleged spinal surgery scam puts FDA in unflattering light
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Jun 19, 2015
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Alleged spinal surgery scam puts FDA in unflattering light
Some people who underwent spinal surgery are claiming that counterfeit hardware was implanted in their bodies. What was the FDA's role?
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Some people who underwent spinal surgery are claiming that counterfeit hardware was implanted in their bodies. What was the FDA's role?

Some people who underwent spinal surgery are claiming that counterfeit hardware was implanted in their bodies. The episode is shining an unflattering light on the Food and Drug Administration. 

Southern California Public Radio's Elizabeth Aguilera reports the spinal patients and other critics question why the FDA didn't do more to stop the alleged surgery scam.