The High Cost Of Medicare Fraud

See Better weapons for Medicare-fraud battle, from an editorial in the Miami Herald, 1-26-11. Excerpts:

"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."