This is what's wrong with insurance and medicare

[Will B]

I'll bet it's a vast improvement over the patch kits with the rubber cement and the metal "cheese grater" scraper.

No kidding! That scraper really chafes!

 

[Lynnie]

Ever had a flat bicycle tire it's like that.

I am having a hard time with this visual!

 

[Jazntonic]

I am having a hard time with this visual!

There's got to be an Austin Powers joke in here somewhere

 

[Dwight Williams]

I had to pay for my own pump because it had to be special ordered. The regular (human) one's were far too large, but an outfit out of Tallahassee had an apparatus used for hampsters that fit perfectly. Want to give a big shout out to Erotic Animal Adventures of Tallahassee! Thanks, guys!

 

[ugabuga]

The point is, IMO, we are not looking in some of right places to correct our healthcare problems.

When most folks think of Medicare/Medicare/Insurance fraud, they think of individuals, e.g., "welfare queens/kings", bilking the system.
Just as often, maybe more often, it's doctors & health/medical-related companies sloppin' at the public trough.

 

[LuciferSam]

I had to pay for my own pump because it had to be special ordered. The regular (human) one's were far too large, but an outfit out of Tallahassee had an apparatus used for hampsters that fit perfectly. Want to give a big shout out to Erotic Animal Adventures of Tallahassee! Thanks, guys!

Reminds me of a joke about Georgia Tech students, rodents, and duct tape.

 

[Miss Critter]

There's got to be an Austin Powers joke in here somewhere

There is. But the credit card receipt proves he paid for his fair and, uh, square.

YouTube - swedish made penis enlarger (austin powers)

 

[GoodWitch58]

When most folks think of Medicare/Medicare/Insurance fraud, they think of individuals, e.g., "welfare queens/kings", bilking the system.
Just as often, maybe more often, it's doctors & health/medical-related companies sloppin' at the public trough.

...and just as often, it is the real Medicare enrollee who is reporting the fraud:

Medicare Fraud: A $60 Billion Crime - 60 Minutes - CBS News

If they're not, it's usually people like 76-year-old Clara Mahoney who catch them.

She began to notice all sorts of crazy things turning up on her quarterly Medicare statements back in 2003 - things that Medicare paid for on her behalf that she had never ordered, never wanted and never received.

"Air mattresses, a wheel chair, urine bag for my leg," Mahoney said, listing some of the unwanted items Medicare was charged for on her behalf. "It was getting so I didn't wanna open up the explanation of benefits because you know, it's like, 'Oh, no. Not again.'"

Mahoney, who says she hasn't been sick in 30 years, began calling Medicare to tell them that someone was ripping them off. But the only responses she received were letters saying that someone was looking into it. The bogus charges are still turning up on her statements.

"And I continued to report and I kept saying, 'Can't you flag my account? You know, I'm not getting any equipment or supplies. Nothing,'" she told Kroft.

They have been "looking" into Mahoney's issue for six years.

 

[Koa]

If that is news, I guess you will be shocked when you discover that GM (or should I say people buying GM auto) spends $17 million each year on Viagra for GM employees and past employees, according to consumeraffairs.com, with $1,500 of every GM vehicle sold going toward employee health care. Got to love unions.

 

[Alicia Leonard]

If that is news, I guess you will be shocked when you discover that GM (or should I say people buying GM auto) spends $17 million each year on Viagra for GM employees and past employees, according to consumeraffairs.com, with $1,500 of every GM vehicle sold going toward employee health care. Got to love unions.

I think this has been posted before during the take over.