AP: Probe: Drug abusers exploiting Medicare benefit

Probe: Drug abusers exploiting Medicare benefit 

by Associated Press | Oct 3, 2011 http://moneywatch.bnet.com/saving-money/news/probe-drug-abusers-exploiting-medicare-benefit/6308210/

WASHINGTON — Drug abusers are exploiting Medicare prescription's benefit to score large quantities of painkillers, and taxpayers have to foot most of the bill, congressional investigators say in a report.

Read more: http://moneywatch.bnet.com/saving-money/news/probe-drug-abusers-exploiting-medicare-benefit/6308210/

(Of course the irony is that getting Medicare to pay for drug treatment is quite difficult...)

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