I rarely watch 60 minutes. Two weeks ago the lead story was of interest so I watched. As it turns out medicare fraud last year cost us 60 billion. They focused on phony drug stores that buy (actually friggen buy) a list of real medicare names from hospital workers. Going rate is $10 a name. Once they've established a liocation, and got some names, they bill medicare for non existant services, prostheses, drugs, etc.. All the billing is for products, services, never rendered. Our government shoots the dough to these clip artists as there's a time limit on payments rendered for such services. A couple of seniors that closley monitored their medicare accounts noted bills paid in outrageous amounts. Being dutiful citizens they reported this to medicare administration. No response or follow up or corrective action ever taken over periods of 6 months or more.

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SOS USA