Go after Medicare crooks: Much of the $60 billion in fraud happens here.
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Editor’s Note: This week, former House Speaker and founder of the Center for Health Transformation Newt Gingrich is providing the question and serving as guest host for the blog. The U.S. health care system wastes between $505 billion and $850 billion every year — 22 percent, or approximately $200 billion, of which is fraudulent Medicare...
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