dennisimoto Loc: Washington State (West)

Hope we keep it up. Probably could never eliminate 100% but every little bit helps.

http://www.foxbusiness.com/economy-policy/2015/06/18/authorities-arrest-243-people-in-712-million-medicare-fraud/

righty Loc: Tenn

That sure is a good start to a much deeper problem.

bmac32 Loc: West Florida

Gotta start somewhere and even 20% would a good chunk of change. Many of the arrests were in Florida, Tampa is a breeding ground as I have seen that with my own eyes.

Unclet Loc: Amarillo, Tx

Unfortunately, this is just the surface. You have to be on Medicare to understand the depth of this crime.

bmac32 Loc: West Florida

I do have Medicare and my doctor refuses to work with several doctors because of their practices. We've had the same doctor for 20 plus years and she warned up when we went on Medicare. When someone calls her all sorts of names because she won't fill in the gray area's to make it look like white for disability she must be doing something right.

She Wolf Loc: Currently Georgia

My mother had both Medicare as well as another policy which paid whatever Medicare did not. On several occasions, Medicare was billed for services and treatments she did not receive. As far as I know when I reported this nothing was done. This was in 2007 and 2008.

I felt she was given drugs and treatments just to pad the bill, with no regard for the damage they might do to an eighty-six year old woman. They certainly did not benefit her in anyway. When she went to Europe for treatment, she was given a much less expensive drug which worked for her.

I felt no one at the hospital cared about the patient, just their bottom line. They allowed her to suffer for a solid month when the older more effective drug given to her in Europe worked in three days.

bmac32 Loc: West Florida

That is the consumers fault, same crap happened with my mother. She was given BP medication when aspirin would produce the same results, doctor claimed not all people can take aspirin so without even checking he put her on a $140 medication when $1.50 would have done. He said she wasn't paying for it and I just looked at him and said 'well someone is'. Even the doctors don't seem to understand.

dennisimoto Loc: Washington State (West)

I had a tough time finding a doctor who would TAKE Medicare. The clinics in my area all said that they had all the Medicare patients that they, "had to take." The only reason that they believed I was a Medicare patient was that I was over 65 at the time. I was still working and on BC/BS but they said "Oh no. You're over 65, you have to be a Medicare patient, sorry, we can't take you." Now how good is a health care policy that no one will take?