Given that many of the candidates appearing on stage have endorsed a single-payer health care plan, the debates' location epitomizes how government-run care will lead to a massive increase in fraud and corruption.
In 2009, "60 Minutes" noted that Medicare fraud "Has pushed aside cocaine as the major criminal enterprise." One former fraudster admitted that likely thousands of businesses in the Miami area alone were defrauding Medicare.
Eric Holder, then the attorney general, explained why: Medicare fraud is easier - and carries smaller penalties - than dealing drugs.
A 2009 Government Accountability Office report also highlighted pervasive fraud within Medicare.
Lest anyone believe that much has changed in the past decade, the spring of 2019 saw not one but two billion-dollar - that's billion with a B - fraud rings against Medicare exposed in a single week.
Given the widespread fraud in Medicare and Medicaid, expanding the failed status quo would increase corruption rather than reducing it.
At next week's debates, moderators should ask candidates supporting Sanders' plan whether they condone the actions of their colleague Menendez - and whether they think concentrating all power in a government-run health plan will increase or decrease the incidence of fraud and corruption within our health care system.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/06/18/single-payer_health_care_will_increase_fraud_corruption_140579.html
In 2009, "60 Minutes" noted that Medicare fraud "Has pushed aside cocaine as the major criminal enterprise." One former fraudster admitted that likely thousands of businesses in the Miami area alone were defrauding Medicare.
Eric Holder, then the attorney general, explained why: Medicare fraud is easier - and carries smaller penalties - than dealing drugs.
A 2009 Government Accountability Office report also highlighted pervasive fraud within Medicare.
Lest anyone believe that much has changed in the past decade, the spring of 2019 saw not one but two billion-dollar - that's billion with a B - fraud rings against Medicare exposed in a single week.
Given the widespread fraud in Medicare and Medicaid, expanding the failed status quo would increase corruption rather than reducing it.
At next week's debates, moderators should ask candidates supporting Sanders' plan whether they condone the actions of their colleague Menendez - and whether they think concentrating all power in a government-run health plan will increase or decrease the incidence of fraud and corruption within our health care system.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/06/18/single-payer_health_care_will_increase_fraud_corruption_140579.html
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