$430Million in Medicare Fraud

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/05/business/medicare-fraud-charged-against-91.html?src=recg&_r=0

Ninety-one people including doctors, nurses and other medical professionals were charged criminally after an investigation of Medicare fraud that involved $430 million in false billing in seven cities, officials said on Thursday.

It was the government’s second big raid in recent months after a similar investigation in May involving $452 million in possible fraud in Medicare, the health program for the elderly and disabled

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57526201/feds-charge-91-in-massive-medicare-fraud-scheme/

... All fraud should be tapped out. But, especially the big organized players, such as this appears to be.
 
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius added that new provisions in President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act made it more difficult for fraud to be committed.
 
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