Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Government at Work - Feds ignored Medicare scam warnings
You know, if you want to think my way, eliminating government inefficiencies would probably balance the budget.
Going a step further, eliminating fraud, would probably have the government refunding our tax money by the bushel...
Going a step further, eliminating fraud, would probably have the government refunding our tax money by the bushel...
Kelli Kennedy reports at Breitbart.com:
"For three years, the federal agency in charge of preventing Medicare fraud repeatedly ignored internal watchdog warnings about swindlers stealing millions of dollars by scamming several programs, documents show.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services received roughly 30 warnings from inspectors over three years during the Bush and Obama administrations but didn't respond to half of them, even after repeated letters, according to records provided to The Associated Press by U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley's office."
