Last month, the FBI, Texas State troopers, and the Inspector General raided The SCOOTER Store's corporate offices for suspected Medicare fraud. According to the government, the largest name in mobility scooters falsely took money from Medicare by encouraging false prescriptions and overcharging the government. In January, CBS This Morning ran a cutting exposé on the … [Read more...]
Congress wasted $334 million by forcing Medicare to overpay for drugs
Taxpayers are overpaying for Medicare patient drugs. That was the finding of a recent investigation into Medicare's payment for a certain class of drugs. The investigation uncovered $334 million in waste due to "locked in" costs by lawmakers. According to Inspector General investigators at the Health and Human Services Department, Medicare has failed to secure the best … [Read more...]
Identity-theft risk for seniors: GOP lawmakers slam HHS on Medicare card
GOP leaders on a House committee are pushing the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to change the way it identifies people on Medicare, an issue seniors have be vocal about for more than a decade. Specifically, today the GOP lawmakers charged that the HHS must remove Social Security numbers from the Medicare card. Reps. Wally Herger (R-Calif.) and Sam … [Read more...]