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That's the dream, hopefully it comes to pass, but for now implementation remains problematic. How do you pay for it? Will it be run by the same entities that
by mythrwy 5y ago
That's the dream, hopefully it comes to pass, but for now implementation remains problematic.
How do you pay for it?
Will it be run by the same entities that are having so much trouble balancing Social Security and preventing Medicare fraud?
- aaronblohowiak 5y agoHow does Germany do it?
- rurban 5y agoIn Germany it's reverse. In the typical case the waiter verbally abuses the paying customer. Like when are not friendly enough to the waiter. Or you only can pay with credit card
- toxik 5y agoIs Medicare fraud really a meaningful amount compared to how much it pays out? Europeans have had the same issue for decades, you can’t give things away without some grifting. But that’s part of the cost. Usually not a very large one either.
- andrewlgood 5y agoJust a quick looks suggests it is a big issue. Hard to get firm estimates (presumably because we only know about the people who get caught) but one estimate has it at 7% of total expenditures of $700 billion which puts it at around $49 billion / year. https://safeatlast.co/blog/medicare-fraud-statistics/ https://safeatlast.co/blog/medicare-fraud-statistics/
- jatone 5y agowhich is less than the fraud in private insurance industry, which is 10%. https://www.propublica.org/article/we-asked-prosecutors-if-health-insurance-companies-care-about-fraud-they-laughed-at-us https://www.propublica.org/article/we-asked-prosecutors-if-h...