Thumbs Up To 60 Minutes

[Guest KarlS]

Anybody see the opening story on 60 minutes? I'm actually surprised and impressed at the story they did on Medicare fraud. Unlikely timing and I'm sure the administration is dealing with exploding heads tonight!

They told the story of how Medicare is getting ripped off by 600 Billion! The crooks are giving up drugs to get in on the biggest heist of the US Government in history. They estimated in Miami alone over 2000 fake storefronts with only 5% doing business legally. They showed one lady who was getting fake charges on her statement for medical devises she never heard of. She has reported it but keeps getting the statements with fake charges. Asked how long she had been reporting the charges...6 YEARS! Nobody has done a thing! Taking homeless off the street and offering them a bed and 3 squares a day and charging medicare thousands a day. One crook was making 20-40K a day!

I've been saying this for awhile now but if you can't get Medicare right why would you add more? This is a huge hit to the Obama healthcare program. Too bad everyone in the country didn't see it.

[TripleDigitRide]

The very same thing has been happening with TennCare since it's inception.

I know for a fact that several reports to TennCare have been made over the years regarding a certian doctor in the Carthage area.

This doctor has "allegedly" been ripping off the TennCare system for years. He has "allegedly" been prescribing MASSIVE amounts of prescription drugs to drug addicts from all over the Middle Tennessee area.

This doctor is so well-known for his "alleged" shady activity that some patients travel 2+ hours for a fix. I've known of a family in which many of them and SEVERAL of their friends and acquaintances have regularly made the trek to Carthage for very large quantities of prescription drugs based on bogus injuries and health problem. All at the expense of the taxpayers.