In all this talk about what/if/how-much/too-much healthcare will cost, one of the solutions that’s rarely discussed is better safeguarding the programs that distribute the money. Medicare, for instance, seems especially prone to fraud. One would think that if one could simply, you know, keep others from pilfering money from these healthcare systems, one might realize a tidy savings.
Not to say that stopping fraud alone will bring down the costs of healthcare.
In a blog post up on TheHill.com, Billy Tauzin looks at what effect our current Federal Government Sequestration (and Country Bear Jamboree) is having on governmental fraud-fighting programs. “While no one wants to see such…programs minimized, alternative anti-fraud approaches have surfaced that would add no additional cost to the federal budget. In fact, viable solutions exist that can generate savings without requiring additional HHS or law enforcement resources.”
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