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Organized Crime's New Target: Medicare and Medicaid


Society & Culture  (tags: crime, health, society, violence, culture, ethics )

Cal
- 54 days ago - cnn.com
Experienced in running drug, prostitution and gambling rings, crime groups of various ethnicities and nationalities are learning it's safer and potentially more profitable to file fraudulent claims with the federal Medicare program and state-run Medicaid
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Marilyn K. (10)
Saturday October 24, 2009, 12:32 pm
There will always be those who look to make money from anything, anyone, and in anyway. We can only do what we are doing by continuing to be observant, enforceing our laws and educating our population as to what is right and what is wrong for the well being of all.
 

Bob E. (7)
Sunday October 25, 2009, 4:06 am
They work hard in being a criminal... why not work like the rest of us with society instead of against it? I guess there will always be people who are sociopaths or who just don't care...
 

Pam Rhia S. (166)
Sunday October 25, 2009, 9:41 am
And we wonder why our medical bills are astronomical along with how bad Medicare is in monetarily wise??? A Catch 22 per se... if the government would take back Medicare billing, oversea it themselves, and have watch groups that can catch this sort of ripoff when it happens, not after millions of dollars are gone. Of course, we can thank the Bush era for allowing a type of almost privatization of Medicare... where it is still in the government realm yet other insurance companies do the processing of claims, the billing, the audit's and so forth. It would cost more at the first to once again have the government to process claims, due to needing more employees etc... but in the long run it should cut a massive amount of lost money on fraudulent behavior like this... this should make everyone mad as hell!!!
 
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