U.S. starts most-wanted list for health-care fraud fugitives

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dmcowen674

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2-5-2011

U.S. starts most-wanted list for health-care fraud fugitives

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_health_care_fraud_most_wanted

Medicare and Medicaid scams cost taxpayers more than $60 billion a year, but bank holdups are more likely to get greater attention.
The government wants the public's help in trying to catch more than 170 fugitives wanted for fraud, so it's developed a new health care most-wanted list, with its own website — http://www.oig.hhs.gov.

Topping the list are Miami brothers Carlos, Luis and [COLOR=#366388 ! important][COLOR=#366388 ! important]Jose [COLOR=#366388 ! important]Benitez[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR]. Owners of a string of medical clinics, they allegedly scammed Medicare out of $119 million by billing for costly HIV drugs that patients never received or did not need. Authorities say they bought hotels, helicopters and boats before fleeing to Cuba.

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OK who is missing from on here?

Must have fleed as soon as Obama care got passed and their jig is up.

$60 billion can cover a lot of people even with insane premiums.

Bout time start going after these people. Suspect a lot more will cease posting as they go on the lam.
 

Hayabusa Rider

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The amount of "fraud" is highly exaggerated, but when someone sets out to bill for undelivered services they should be smacked down hard.
 

punjabiplaya

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had a local doctor married couple get busted. They scammed out something like $15 million.
 
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