SaddleBrooke Republican Club » fraud http://sbrc1.net Western United States Largest Republican Club Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:54:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 As Predicted, Obama Administration Backs Off Medicare Anti-Fraud Efforts http://feeds.cato.org/~r/Cato-at-liberty/~3/d0NKGeFg9vE/ http://feeds.cato.org/~r/Cato-at-liberty/~3/d0NKGeFg9vE/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:35:48 +0000 Michael F. Cannon http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/?p=42131 By Michael F. Cannon

Medicare and Medicaid are rife with fraud. We’re talking 10 percent or more of total spending, which is two orders of magnitude more than what credit card companies tolerate. In a recent article, I explained a couple of ways such fraud occurs: For providers, Medicare is like an ATM: So long as they punch in [...]

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]]> http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/as-predicted-obama-administration-backs-off-medicare-anti-fraud-efforts/feed/ 0 Food Stamp Fraud Costing Taxpayers Billions http://blog.heritage.org/2011/12/09/food-stamp-fraud-costing-taxpayers-billions/ http://blog.heritage.org/2011/12/09/food-stamp-fraud-costing-taxpayers-billions/#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2011 20:15:08 +0000 Rachel Sheffield http://author.blog.heritage.org/?p=86032 The Washington Examiner recently reported that the two states bordering the nation’s capital are two of the five worst states for food stamp fraud. The above table shows the inverse relationship between the number of food stamp recipients and the percentage of cases investigated for fraud in Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia. While the number of food stamp recipients has significantly increased (now up to a total of 45 million Americans) the percentage of cases investigated for fraud has not increased or even remained constant. The result is … More]]> http://blog.heritage.org/2011/12/09/food-stamp-fraud-costing-taxpayers-billions/feed/ 0