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Politics : A US National Health Care System?

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From: TimF	7/24/2009 8:25:46 PM
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Who Will Keep Government-Run Insurance Honest? President Obama again trumpeted his claim last night, that we need government-run health insurance “to help keep the insurance companies honest.” He should check with his own Justice Department about dishonesty in government-run health plans. The state and city governments in New York this week agreed to pay a $540 million fine, $440 million from the state and $100 million from the city, to settle accusations that they defrauded Medicaid. It’s a record-high Medicaid recovery from a public entity. According to the Department of Justice press release, the governments “knowingly submitted” fraudulent claims. The case had been under seal for ten years, according to media reports. But it wasn’t government that uncovered the mess. A speech therapist, Hedy M. Cirrincione, blew the whistle ten years ago and started private whistleblower lawsuits which the government eventually took over. A federal audit questioned over $1-billion in claims from the New York governments... blog.heritage.org

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