AP: Medicare’s $30 million ambulance-ride mystery

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4. My daughter is extremely disabled and in a wheel chair. When

she needs medical care we could have called for an ambulance to go the 30 miles to the nearest specialists. But I happen to be a member of our transportation board in our county and asked about their mini-bus services. For a much smaller cost they would take her.

The problem is that no one knew about the service - even the social workers. And it is often a social worker who makes the arrangements unless it is an emergency.

The other way that this is handled in our area for people who are able to walk is a volunteer service that pays the driver mileage and lunch if it takes that long.

But the biggest problem I see here is the fact that no one was keeping records. I see that as evidence of fraud.