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Fleeroy54 t1_j63xam5 wrote

Medicare fraud of $80 MILLION!? Holy shit.

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Gettheinfo2theppl t1_j643627 wrote

That's just one group 🥲 America has money for socialized healthcare, we just let people steal it and take it from us.

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Palmer-Eldritch-2021 t1_j645cqc wrote

A big part of the ACA reforms was that it set up a separate division at DOJ that just goes after Medicaid/Medicare fraud. It's paid for itself every year. A big part of why we still have issues is that the wealthiest man in congress, Senator Rick Scott (R-Fl), made his fortune bilking Medicare. As CEO his company was involved in an auto-bill scam that was, at the time, the largest Medicare fraud in US history, totaling over $ 1 billion. He pleaded the 5th nearly 100 times in the trial, pretending he had no idea how it could happen. He also opposed the ACA's fraud reforms.

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IamSauerKraut OP t1_j64mu8l wrote

Dan Meusser, a PA congressman reputed to be a resident of NY, also made his fortune by bilking Medicare via kickback schemes. Only fined $80,000. Was not forced to disgorge the ill-gotten gains thanks to the loving hands of his pal, then US Attorney for the Middle District of PA, Tom Marino.

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GreatJob6ftBarbie t1_j65vj0v wrote

Rick Scott did the same thing and look at him now, junior senator from FL 🙄

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IamSauerKraut OP t1_j65zbm0 wrote

Rick Scott has a crackhead ego almost as large as benedict donald's and I have no doubt he wants a shot at being king of the US, too.

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Yelloeisok t1_j663aw3 wrote

No doubt why the Republicans put him in charge of the NRSC - if anyone knows how to defraud the government he should rise to the top. He took his job so seriously that he went to Italy to escape when they audited the committees finances.

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drxdrg08 t1_j64wqxx wrote

> Medicare fraud of $80 MILLION!? Holy shit.

More than $80M. That's the thing. Imagine how much fraud there is for smaller amounts that will never be discovered, prosecuted and partially clawed back.

Medicare/Medicaid are huge systems where there is little incentive to discover fraud. Nobody gets a huge bonus if they find fraud. And that's why big government run programs have this stereotype about them that they are mismanaged and rife with fraud. And rightfully so.

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