health - "review"

It has been 43 years since Medicare was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson. Latest figures show that Medicare currently provides health care for 44 million seniors in the United States and the number is expected to grow sharply in the next coming years.Whereas Medicare has done a great deal in helping the elderly Americans, the current conditions and principles behind Medicare have to be reviewed if America is not to backtrack on its commitment to providing health insurance to its seniors.read more

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government is putting millions of Medicare dollars at risk by authorizing fictitious sellers of wheelchairs, prosthetics and other medical supplies to submit reimbursement claims with only limited review, congressional investigators say....

AP - The government is putting millions of Medicare dollars at risk by authorizing fictitious sellers of wheelchairs, prosthetics and other medical supplies to submit reimbursement claims with only limited review, congressional investigators say.