nation's total health-care spending, which exceeds $2 trillion (wsj.com, 2012, pg. 1)”. Claims exceeding 4.4 million are placed on Medicare a day, and $10 billion in claims were placed in the fiscal year that ended September 30, 2008 (wsj.com, 2012, pg. 3). Stricter laws need to be implemented in order to prevent hospitals and doctors from attaining money from Medicaid or Medicare for fraudulent claims and medication never performed or prescribed. Laws must be enforced to prevent Medicare and Medicaid…
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