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.... and this is why we will never have universal healthcare. Too many people willing to cheat the system, and the government doesn't sweat the small stuff.
by 1024core 2y ago
.... and this is why we will never have universal healthcare. Too many people willing to cheat the system, and the government doesn't sweat the small stuff.
- ceejayoz 2y ago> Too many people willing to cheat the system, and the government doesn't sweat the small stuff. The government is far more likely to sweat the small stuff. They'll happily pay $20k in staffing to prosecute a $1k theft, because it doesn't hit their profits/bonuses at all to do so. 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... > Michael Crowley investigated fraud for more than a decade for three companies, including Humana and United. The flood of fraud was so great, he said, that investigators ignored suspect claims worth less than $300. Investigating those, the companies determined, would cost more than what they could recover, he said. > But those small claims add up. Williams, the personal trainer from Texas, billed insurers in increments of $300 and under for more than four years, and it added up to about $25 million. “If you’re a provider, you’re going to figure out that threshold real quick and stay under it,” Crowley said.