TAXPAYERS FLEECED OF $108M PER YEAR BY AMBULANCE COMPANIES
Posted in Uncategorized by Baba - Oct 15, 2015
The Department of Health and Human Services said Medicare pays for ambulance rides that are unnecessary. Of the nearly 16,000 ambulance services in the United States used to transport Medicare patients, one in five were found to have one or more questionable bills, according to investigators.
Most of the incorrect billing is concentrated in four metropolitan areas: Philadelphia, Los Angeles, New York and Houston. The inspector general found signs of overbilling via inflated mileage charges.
In the first half of 2012 54-million dollars was spent on bogus medical transport. That’s $108M per year, which amounts to the total annual income of 2,080 average American households.
Obamacare lacks fiscal integrity. Liberal Doctrine does not demand stringent control and accountability of government programs.
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