The $60 Billion Fraud

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The $60 Billion Fraud
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Mon, 10-26-2009 - 10:26am

Medicare and Medicaid fraudsters are beating U.S. taxpayers out of an estimated $90 billion a year using a billing scam that is surprisingly easy to execute. Steve Kroft


http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=5419844n&tag=contentMain;cbsCarousel


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Medicare Fraud: A $60 Billion Crime
A.G. Holder Tells 60 Minutes More Oversight Is Needed; Scammer Explains How Easy It Is To Steal Millions

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/10/23/60minutes/main5414390.shtml?tag=contentMain;cbsCarousel


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Edited 10/26/2009 10:38 am ET by libraone

 


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Mon, 10-26-2009 - 2:24pm
I thought Obama was going to stop all of this fraud and abuse to help pay for this healthcare reform. What is he waiting for?
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Mon, 10-26-2009 - 2:40pm
"I thought Obama was going to stop all of this fraud and abuse to help pay for this healthcare reform. What is he waiting for?"

 


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Mon, 10-26-2009 - 5:18pm
Are you having trouble with opening a link? I don't mind cutting and pasting the article for you to read. Just let me know :)
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Wed, 10-28-2009 - 11:07am
I think he is initiating some attempts, though I would actually like to see some proof they will actually work before he gets his grubby paws on all of health care. Now he could go and ask my private insurer how they keep their fraud rate at a little less than 3%, but it doesn't appear to be the "in" thing these days to admit the private insurance sector does some things better than the government.
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Wed, 10-28-2009 - 12:54pm

Yep, that private sector... how absolutely wonderful THEY are. How terrific they can sew up the market for themselves, deprive the consumer of choices AND get the government to protect them.

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Wed, 10-28-2009 - 12:56pm

Maybe you could enlighten us to all the good things Bush accomplished in EIGHT years.


Don't you think it's a bit premature to complain about unmet promises of a president who has been in office only

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