Mr. Shaman
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Granted, bu$ine$$-i$-bu$ine$$, and....this would be stepping-on-the-toes of The Marketplace....but, even though such theft benefits those who insist Medicare is broken, it's STILL against-the-law!
Way to go, ERIC HOLDER!!!!!!!!
Way to go, ERIC HOLDER!!!!!!!!
"The Justice Department stepped up its crackdown on Medicare and Medicaid cheats Friday, announcing charges against 94 people in what authorities called the largest health-care fraud sting in U.S. history.
Federal agents fanned out across five states to arrest defendants accused of bilking the Medicare system out of more than $251 million through false claims for services that were medically unnecessary or never provided. Among those charged, officials said, are doctors and health-care company owners and executives. Thirty-six of the defendants had been arrested as of Friday afternoon.
In one alleged $70 million scheme operated out of a New York clinic, more than 1,000 cash kickbacks were paid to Medicare beneficiaries out of a designated "kickback room," Lanny A. Breuer, assistant attorney general for Justice's criminal division, said at a news conference. An undercover investigation showed that beneficiaries lined up to receive illegal payments near a sign showing a woman with her finger to her lips warning in Russian, "Don't Gossip," Breuer said.
The arrests came as Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius held the first in a series of regional "summits" on health-care fraud prevention in Miami. The high-level attention marked the latest step in crackdown on fraud that the Obama administration has said is a key part of its agenda on health-care reform."
The PRIDE O' KANSAS!!!!
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[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1tv9lZMA1c]YouTube - 60 Minutes [ October 25 ] The $60 Billion Fraud PART 1 * also Epilepsy: Fighting For A Cure[/ame]
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