Gerald Quindry was facing a quandary. The 73-year-old retired engineer received a statement last year that Medicare, his health insurance provider, had been billed $15,500 for urinary catheters — but his doctor had never ordered them, and Quindry never wanted nor received them. Quindry complained to Medicare. But he said the representatives seemed nonplussed by his complaint, and he could find little information about the incident himself beyond news reports of catheter-related fraud in the government program.
The comments reflect a strong sentiment that the current healthcare system, with its intermediaries and complex reimbursement schemes, is vulnerable to fraud. Many commenters suggest that a single-payer system could prevent such issues by eliminating opportunities for fraud....
The Haryana Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Department has revealed that nearly 47 per cent of the claims of farmers for sowing dhaincha crop have turned out to be false as 12,788 acres, out of to...