Comments on: Whistle Blown On Medicare Scam

Taxpayers Get Refund From A Big Provider Accused Of Padding The Bill

[wogerwabbit]

Posted by terrorislamv at 08:44 AM : Aug 09, 2008

Hey man, go post your useless drivel in a more appropriate article... give us a break from your incessant jabbering.

[stevenga777]

NBC blacksout Olympic ceremony in America - American fans angered
Aug 8, 4:32 pm EDT

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NEW YORK (AFP) - The rest of the world might have been dazzled by the Beijing Olympic opening ceremony but angry US viewers clamoring for a glimpse of the spectacle on Friday were made to wait after a media blackout.

US network NBC, which owns exclusive rights to Olympics coverage in the United States, refrained from showing the opening ceremony live, preferring instead to delay coverage by 12 hours for a prime-time evening slot.

A spokesman for NBC, which paid nearly 900 million dollars for Olympic broadcast rights, said the decision was taken to maximize viewing figures.

"It''''s a business decision," the spokesman told AFP. "It protects our affiliates, our advertisers, and shows it to the largest number of viewers possible," he added.

Bizarrely, the co-hosts of NBC''''s breakfast television show barely mentioned the ongoing ceremony during their broadcast, which was reportedly pre-taped.

[mcdonaj3]

Just another example of a huge Federal program with poor oversight. One can only imagine how much fraud there will be with the sub-prime mortgage bailout.

[dannbetty]

The whistleblowers split 14 million and the crooked attorney gets 14 million, These scams against the people of this country need to tried as treason with severe penalty.

[nextgenman]

Kyphon, a Republican company said......

[tootall10142]

GREED IS HAVING ITS LUNCH. THE DESERT IS BITTER SWEET!

[hypnotoad72]

To quote an old saying, ''''the business of business is business''''. In other words, they''''re in it to make money. We all know that, and there is nothing wrong with that, per se.

But the opportunity to make even MORE money, especially when you think that no one is looking over your shoulder, can often lead to simple GREED, as exemplified by this story and so many others like it.

Business, in and of itself is NOT a bad thing. However, business without a watchdog can easily become a thief.

It is for this very reason that history has shown that regulation is an absolute necessity in order to keep corporations honest.

Complete deregulation is a fraud and I would be suspicious of any business that fights any form of regulation.

Posted by ofbyfor1
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Best post of the day.

[omnibus66]

Fraud and overcharging are rampant in the medical industry, and this Congress and administration have shown little or no inclination to do anything about it.

Witness the massive, highly obscene ripoff of tax dollars provided to the drug companies under the Medicare Prescription Drug Plan passed by Congress and signed by Bush. Bought and paid for by the drug lobby.

Let''s hope that a new president an new Congress will actually turn a deaf ear to the lobbyists and do what is right for a change. But don''t hold your breath.

Also a note to the Obama haters posting here. This is an article about Medicare fraud, not presidential politics. TAKE YOUR HATE-MONGERING SOMEPLACE ELSE!

[imprisonkarl]

The media acts like this is a secret -- Big Pharma et. al ripping off Medicare.

Hellllooooo! Medicare was designed to fail, from its inception.

The Rethuglicans never wanted it, and set up all kinds of obstacles to ensure that it would fail. The inability to negotiate for lower drug prices and little to no oversight were just two of the many, many loopholes designed to weaken and eventually destroy the program. Duhhhhh.

But of course, the gutless wonders in the MSM rarely mention that.

[ofbyfor1]

Corporations have no heart or soul, and they simply can''''t be trusted. They HAVE to be regulated and watched constantly.

Posted by DaShortRound at 01:56 AM : Aug 09, 2008

To quote an old saying, ''the business of business is business''. In other words, they''re in it to make money. We all know that, and there is nothing wrong with that, per se.

But the opportunity to make even MORE money, especially when you think that no one is looking over your shoulder, can often lead to simple GREED, as exemplified by this story and so many others like it.

Business, in and of itself is NOT a bad thing. However, business without a watchdog can easily become a thief.

It is for this very reason that history has shown that regulation is an absolute necessity in order to keep corporations honest.

Complete deregulation is a fraud and I would be suspicious of any business that fights any form of regulation.