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Eliminate Medicare Fraud: Help Patients Instead
Target: U.S. Congress
Sponsored by: Care2
Sponsored by: Care2
A recent government report indicates that an estimated $2.8 billion in federal Medicare spending in 2006 was improper - and auditors were told to ignore established policies that would have detected the waste.
A front-page New York Times article chronicling the report indicated that Medicare officials instructed auditors to ignore a key provision meant to ensure that medical equipment goes to actual patients. As a result, the auditors overlooked the fact that improper spending accounted for nearly one-third of medical equipment payments in 2006.
Improper Medicare spending hurts patients who really need it - and causes our government to fall more and more into debt. Tell Congress they must hold Medicare more accountable - so the service goes to people who really need it!
A front-page New York Times article chronicling the report indicated that Medicare officials instructed auditors to ignore a key provision meant to ensure that medical equipment goes to actual patients. As a result, the auditors overlooked the fact that improper spending accounted for nearly one-third of medical equipment payments in 2006.
Improper Medicare spending hurts patients who really need it - and causes our government to fall more and more into debt. Tell Congress they must hold Medicare more accountable - so the service goes to people who really need it!
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6:01 pm PST, Dec 3,
Kari Dyrdahl, Minnesota
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Kathy Schmautz, New York
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11:19 am PST, Dec 3,
Debra Galindo, California
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9:16 am PST, Dec 3,
Melinda Manderbach, California
I am horrified to read of the $2.8 billion in improper federal Medicare spending in 2006. Not only is this fiscal irresponsibility bad for government spending, it also harms the very people Medicare is trying to help - the elderly and those with disabilities who need health care the most. I urge you to hold Medicare more accountable!
I am horrified to read of the $2.8 billion in improper federal Medicare spending in 2006. Not only is this fiscal irresponsibility bad for government spending, it also harms the very people Medicare is trying to help - the elderly and those with disabilities who need health care the most. I urge you to hold Medicare more accountable!
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4:57 pm PST, Dec 2,
Selina Schecroun, Virginia
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Dorri Neville, New Jersey
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6:45 pm PST, Dec 1,
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Leslie Taylor, California
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2:31 pm PST, Nov 26,
Matthew Tripp, South Carolina
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12:41 pm PST, Nov 26,
Angela Chamberlain, Wisconsin
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Ismael Rodriguez, California
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Susan Bendickson, Minnesota
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Niki Gianni, Illinois
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Kelly Schucker, New York
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Christy Tucker, Alabama
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Carrie Weil, California
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Dassi McCurdy, Oregon
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Tom Edquist, Colorado
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Carol Preston, Kentucky
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Chad Halsey, Indiana
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Susie Foot, California
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Michael Quinn, California
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Sara J. Schmidt, Missouri
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Jeannie Gibbons, Texas
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Kristin Tucker, Kentucky
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Gary Sumpter, Missouri
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5:12 am PST, Nov 13,
Jeannie Blackwell, Florida
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1:18 pm PST, Nov 12,
Vicki Robinson, Georgia
If Medicare is being given to people who don't need it I would have to see this in person. I had to leave my job because of severe pain in my lower back and down my right leg. I went to 4 different doctors and all said that an operation would not help my pain. I attempt to get My own Long Term Diability started so I could keep my cobra and insurance until I received SS. Well it took 2 years; just enough time for the lawyer to get his 1/4 to get my SS. I am stilling waiting on Long Term but of course they are doing everything not to give it to me. During this mess my husband went to work as a Long Haul Trucker. He felt that he was not making enough to get insurance so he stop taking his blood pressure medication. As a result when he went for his DOT physical he failed. By this time I had received my SS but still had to wait for my Medicare. I suffered day in day out in pain waiting to get the medication I needed. But when I got my book on Medicare I was disgusted with all the plans to chose from. Most of all none of them really pay well when you only get less than a 1,000 a month there is no way to pay for everything. I just don't know what to do and I still am not low enough to get Medicaid.
If Medicare is being given to people who don't need it I would have to see this in person. I had to leave my job because of severe pain in my lower back and down my right leg. I went to 4 different doctors and all said that an operation would not help my pain. I attempt to get My own Long Term Diability started so I could keep my cobra and insurance until I received SS. Well it took 2 years; just enough time for the lawyer to get his 1/4 to get my SS. I am stilling waiting on Long Term but of course they are doing everything not to give it to me. During this mess my husband went to work as a Long Haul Trucker. He felt that he was not making enough to get insurance so he stop taking his blood pressure medication. As a result when he went for his DOT physical he failed. By this time I had received my SS but still had to wait for my Medicare. I suffered day in day out in pain waiting to get the medication I needed. But when I got my book on Medicare I was disgusted with all the plans to chose from. Most of all none of them really pay well when you only get less than a 1,000 a month there is no way to pay for everything. I just don't know what to do and I still am not low enough to get Medicaid.
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1:10 pm PST, Nov 11,
Barbara Campbell, Texas
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11:44 am PST, Nov 11,
Marie Mccullough, Michigan
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7:26 pm PST, Nov 10,
June Attarian, Missouri
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3:43 pm PST, Nov 10,
Gale Weaner, Texas
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2:41 pm PST, Nov 10,
Mark Schneider, California
This is for my Father who became a Widower in 2007.
This is for my Father who became a Widower in 2007.
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1:41 pm PST, Nov 10,
L Gols, Massachusetts
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10:40 am PST, Nov 9,
Amy Tushoski, Wisconsin
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3:39 am PST, Nov 9,
John Hatton, Vermont
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8:46 pm PST, Nov 8,
Justin Hopkins, Missouri
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5:29 pm PST, Nov 8,
Rhonda Fazenbaker, Maryland
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2:13 pm PST, Nov 8,
Arthur Poletti, Illinois
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7:44 am PST, Nov 8,
John Jenkins, California