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A Medicare scam that just kept rolling
2014-08-18
[Washington Post] The government has paid billions to buy power wheelchairs. It has no idea how many of the claims are bogus.
I see the commercials for power wheelchairs frequently on TV. Somebody is making money...
Posted by:Fred

#7  In bourses where bubbles were burst,
They caught falling knives if they durst.
In the thirst for reverse,
Was it blessing or curse
That the riskiest plummet point first?
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220   2014-08-18 22:53  

#6  Seems like a power wheelchair would make a nice base for a robot gun platform. Just saying...
Posted by: SteveS   2014-08-18 22:29  

#5  gravity
Posted by: Frank G   2014-08-18 21:38  

#4  Your exclamation points for the second and third sentences, ended up in the fourth sentence.


/trying to be helpful
Posted by: Pappy   2014-08-18 20:47  

#3  10 percent or more of all medicare/caid wheelchairs are in NYC. One reason is that methadone causes kidney failure! We are spending billions keeping these enfeebled junkies rolling along. This is pathetic public policy linked to deep corruption in the health device racket. Give them heroin!!!
Posted by: jono39   2014-08-18 19:44  

#2  It's all in the file behind the one labeled "Repatriation of Illegals" in the "Jobs Government Doesn't Do Anymore" cabinet. They have 'Top People' on it.
Posted by: Procopius2k    2014-08-18 11:53  

#1  There are many scams with Medicare. One of the most egregious is that of the govmint taking money from Medicare to fund Obamacare.
Posted by: JohnQC   2014-08-18 09:28  

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