Number	24566
Subject	Crime
Source	WFOR-TV (Miami)
State	FL
Year	2009
Publication Date	10/25/2009; 11/01/2009; 11/05/2009; 12/03/2009; 12/07/2009; 12/15/2009
Summary	Medicare Fraud has become one of the largest organized crimes in America. The investigation revealed that it costs “US taxpayers $60 billion in fraudulent Medicare benefits filed every year”. As a result of the first story, many groups moved in to initiate new laws, which would regulate Medicare and who gets the money.
Category	Contest Entry
Pages	80
Keywords	60 Minutes; Department of Health and Human Services; congressional; health care; medical; medicine; schemes; insurance; clinics; system
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