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Medicare fraud is conservatively in the $16 billion+ per year range[1] and a lot of it is easily detectable with data the government already has. Two things ab

Medicare fraud is conservatively in the $16 billion+ per year range[1] and a lot of it is easily detectable with data the government already has. Two things about this type of fraud though: 1. Detection would require making USG a better place to work for technically savvy people, with things like "budgets" and "not getting publicly humiliated by the world's richest man" 2. It's committed by men in suits, so enforcement would require going after the types of people that in reality, Trump & co prefer to pardon... for committing exactly this type of fraud [2]... So, cutting life-saving aid, cancer research, and healthcare benefits it is! [1]: https://www.wsj.com/health/healthcare/how-health-insurers-racked-up-billions-in-extra-payments-from-medicare-advantage-9d4c8a89 https://www.wsj.com/health/healthcare/how-health-insurers-ra... [2]: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/health-care-fraudster-philip-esformes-latest-trump-clemency-recipient-rcna175681 https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/health-care-f...

plagiarist 2y ago
And it is specifically their buddies in the suits, like Rick Scott.
wakawaka28 2y ago
>Medicare fraud is conservatively in the $16 billion+ per year range[1] and a lot of it is easily detectable with data the government already has. The fraud and waste are a lot more than that. Did you know you can buy FOOD with Medicare? Did you know that doctors are concocting excuses out the wazoo to rack up more visits and more prescriptions? My mom was put on like 4 medications for the same thing, and bluffed into many tests and even emergency procedures she didn't need by an unscrupulous doctor. How the hell are we going to reign in that fraud without denying benefits to people who need them? We could also talk about the insane 3rd party supplemental insurance schemes, the excessive costs of individual items, the fact that Medicare and Medicaid are paying for Ozempic at $1000 per month, 1% of the budget going to dialysis patients who are delivered to routine appointments by ambulance, probably a lot of other crap.

plagiarist 2y ago

And it is specifically their buddies in the suits, like Rick Scott.

wakawaka28 2y ago

>Medicare fraud is conservatively in the $16 billion+ per year range[1] and a lot of it is easily detectable with data the government already has. The fraud and waste are a lot more than that. Did you know you can buy FOOD with Medicare? Did you know that doctors are concocting excuses out the wazoo to rack up more visits and more prescriptions? My mom was put on like 4 medications for the same thing, and bluffed into many tests and even emergency procedures she didn't need by an unscrupulous doctor. How the hell are we going to reign in that fraud without denying benefits to people who need them? We could also talk about the insane 3rd party supplemental insurance schemes, the excessive costs of individual items, the fact that Medicare and Medicaid are paying for Ozempic at $1000 per month, 1% of the budget going to dialysis patients who are delivered to routine appointments by ambulance, probably a lot of other crap.