91 Arrested Over $420M Medicare Fraud
Expanding the system will make it more honest, of course
Ninety-one people including doctors, nurses and other medical professionals have been charged with committing $430 million in Medicare fraud in seven U.S. cities, authorities said on Thursday.
An investigation coordinated by the Justice Department and the Department of Health and Human Services uprooted alleged false billing schemes involving $230 million in home health services, over $100 million in mental health services and $49 million from ambulance transportation.
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Is it 420 million or 430 million? Make up your mind.