Sunday, November 1, 2009

Medicare Cheats


Medicare Fraud Last Year:$60 Billion --
Annual Profits ofTop Ten Insurance
CompaniesLast Year: $8 billion

While we're making comparisons, in its real first ten years (2014-23), the Senate Finance Committee bill would cost $1.7 trillion. At the rate of last year's profits, the combined ten-year profits of America's ten largest insurance companies would be $83 billion -- five percent of the costs of the Senate Finance Committee bill. Eighty-three billion dollars may not buy you much in comparison with BaucusCare, but -- on the bright side -- that ten-year tally is somewhat more than what Medicare loses each year in fraud.
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