Reply #1: Heard a nurse on WJ this morning talking about fraud in medicare [View All]

[napi21]

under the current plan. Said she worked in many different health care institutions across the state of Tx. over 40 years. She turned in one of them and the Feds. fined them and shut them down. She said the Feds claim there is about 39% fraud in the current program, but she believes it to be closer to 79%!

All that, and they haven't even begun the new drug program!!!!

When she turned that institution in, there were 2 Medicare investigators for the whole State of Tx. and this admin. has reduced the number of investigators by half nationwide!

From what I can tell, most of the fraud is not committed by the patients, but by the Doctors and heads/owners of the institutions!

Sounds to me like a talking point for the Dems to push! Demand MANY MORE investigators be hired. Even if the Feds are right at their 39% fraud. If fraud could be reduced to -5%, it could save the whole program!!!!