Feb 7 2011
The Associated Press: Health Care Fraud: Not A Faceless Crime Any Longer
Health care fraud once was a faceless crime. Now it has a mug shot, even a smile. Medicare and Medicaid scams cost taxpayers more than $60 billion a year, but bank holdups are more likely to get greater attention (Alonso-Zaldivar, 2/5).
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