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14. There's a huge difference, though

Mon Apr 2, 2012, 02:30 PM

Apr 2012

First, the government has been forbidden to negotiate Medicare rates for services and particularly for prescription medications. Something to do with an overriding phobia about socialized medicine or similar unreasoning fear trumped up by politicians who coincidentally receive a large chunk of money for their re-election campaigns from PACs fronting for care providers and prescription drug manufacturers.

Second, the rental car agreement you're referring to is a matter between your company and the rental car company. It would be far more analogous if your company was being reimbursed for its rental car charges by an outside government agency. The "scam" and it is a scam would be your company rents cars for $25 a day and the rental agency charges you that amount, but you and the rental agency tell the third party reimbursement agency that you're paying $35 a day for rental cars, and then your company and the rental company split the extra $10 a day from every rental.

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$14 Billion Medicare Scam by Quest & LabCorp exposed [View all] cbdo2007 Apr 2012 OP

Not to worry... Fumesucker Apr 2012 #1

+1 on that.... anti-alec Apr 2012 #4

Um, why do you think this is becoming public? cbdo2007 Apr 2012 #5

It was in someone's interests to expose it? Fumesucker Apr 2012 #17

Seems as though this is indeed a direct result of federal oversight. LanternWaste Apr 2012 #19

I read the article as the expose was done by the industry trade magazine.. Fumesucker Apr 2012 #21

Did you ProSense Apr 2012 #23

The Feds certainly did a bang up job of oversight in this case.. Fumesucker Apr 2012 #24

Couldn't they "self regulate" properly? KansDem Apr 2012 #2

Ai-yi-yi-yi-yi! That's where I go... joeybee12 Apr 2012 #3

Wait, no. All Medicare fraud is committed by slackers getting bennies they don't deserve.... Scuba Apr 2012 #6

I find it interesting that most of these scams... Frustratedlady Apr 2012 #7

I have read elsewhere years ago that Florida is the leading state for Medicare fraud. avaistheone1 Apr 2012 #8

Not a scam zipplewrath Apr 2012 #9

There's a huge difference, though gratuitous Apr 2012 #14

"Kick backs" zipplewrath Apr 2012 #27

In the example yes - but the article also states cbdo2007 Apr 2012 #22

Correct amount zipplewrath Apr 2012 #26

Damn socialized medicine! Wait. What? AtomicKitten Apr 2012 #10

I'm in a large national private insurance group SCantiGOP Apr 2012 #11

Jail time: anyone??? lsewpershad Apr 2012 #12

I'm shocked. Egalitarian Thug Apr 2012 #13

Finally LAB Work is the biggest scam out there lovuian Apr 2012 #15

so are pharmacies notadmblnd Apr 2012 #20

Our dr. office has quit Lab Corp....now I know why, perhaps. dixiegrrrrl Apr 2012 #16

Sounds like extortion to me MagickMuffin Apr 2012 #18

That would explian quaker bill Apr 2012 #25