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2010-10-15 -Lurid Crime Tales-

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Posted by Fred 2010-10-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 The federal government does not keep track of the total amount of Medicare fraud. But if the Medicare budget is $368 billion, and 20% of all Medicare bills are fraudulent, then the total amount of fraud is an estimated $74 billion per year.

Posted by JohnQC 2010-10-15 10:20|| 2010-10-15 10:20|| Front Page Top

#2 And more government control and waste will bring down costs even more!!
/sarc

Posted by DarthVader 2010-10-15 12:21|| 2010-10-15 12:21|| Front Page Top

#3 Wouldn't you think we could fix a lot of the Medicare problem simply by beefing up enforcement of Medicare Fraud? As a twofer it also could employ all those Healthcare IRS agents instead of hounding actual taxpayers.
The ignorance and special interest group power in Washington is utterly astounding.

Posted by NoMoreBS 2010-10-15 15:26|| 2010-10-15 15:26|| Front Page Top

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