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Old 02-08-2014, 01:27 PM
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In 2011, the GAO reported that impropper payments in the Medicare system totaled nearly $50 billion, which were about 9% of Medicare's total payments that year. You're right. I don't understand mismanagement on that scale.
Government mismanagement and waste can be addressed over time, but middlemen? They need to be eliminated since they do not add value, at least in the case of healthcare.
You don't see sales people walking around in grocery stores.
Healthcare like groceries is a need based commodity.
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