Scams
Medicare Fraud Costs Taxpayers $60 Billion Per Year
by Patrice Sarath It sometimes seems that there are plenty of businesses in the health care industry based on one strategy – defrauding Medicare. For proof, check out the reams of news reports of home healthcare providers, chiropractors, nursing home operators, hospitals, and other health care businesses that have pleaded guilty to or are under […]
Top 5 Phone Scams Against the Elderly
By by rexjoec If you’re retired, one of the biggest threats to your wallet could be that smooth voice on the phone. Reported phone scams were up 7.62 percent in 2010, according to the National Consumers League. With all age groups, phone scams are growing. And so are consumer complaints. With retirees, scammers give more […]
Washington Ratchets Up the Fight Against Medicare Fraud
John Gillmoure / Corbis By Ken Stier When Thuy Thi Le started making presentations to senior citizens in Orange County, California, about guarding against Medicare fraud, she quickly realized that her visits were way overdue. More than 30 seniors from just one apartment building, the Solara Court Apartments in Anaheim, approached her to say that, […]
How to help fight fraud against the elderly
By Michelle Singletary, Published: November 8 Scams against seniors have become so commonplace that all you think you can do is shake your head and grieve for the people who have lost their money. But from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday, a number of organizations have decided to do more than shake their heads. They […]
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