"Authorities estimate that Medicare fraud bilks the U.S. government as much as $60 billion to $90 billion a year. Of that, Miami accounts for about $3 billion. Medicare scams have become so lucrative, the FBI says, that the mob is getting in on them."
"In 2010, the FBI investigated a record 2,600 Medicare fraud cases and helped dismantle more than 60 fraudulent firms, some in Miami."
Monday, February 7, 2011
The High Cost Of Medicare Fraud
See Better weapons for Medicare-fraud battle, from an editorial in the Miami Herald, 1-26-11. Excerpts:
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