Medicare Watch
I saw this posted at WWW.YOUTUBE.COM.
Larry Barrows, 76, spent eight days in a Canton, Conn., hospital after falling twice in a day. Despite being covered by Medicare, the federal health plan for the elderly, Barrows was hit with $36,000 in normally reimbursed bills because of an unintended glitch in U.S. rules.
My research with Christopher lead me to this.
"In what US authorities called the largest Medicare fraud takedown in history, raids involving 350 agents were carried across the USA, including Houston, Detroit, New York, and Miami. So far, 94 people have been charged - many of them healthcare professionals - in scams totaling over one-quarter of a billion dollars. Apparently, this is only the tip of the ice-berg. Estimated Medicare fraud could ..."
Matthew Wrote: Take a look at this article
"Medicare beneficiaries in Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky will see their costs for oxygen, diabetic testing supplies and other durable medical equipment drop starting Jan. 1, Medicare officials say."
My brother told me about this -