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Health fraud in RP costs US military over $100 M

by jayr_patron | April 24, 2008 at 05:03 pm | 360 views | 1 comment | 5 recommendations

The Philippine government actively promotes the medical tourism industry in the country.  And then this...

The US military’s health insurance program has been swindled out of more than $100 million over the past decade in the Philippines, where doctors, hospitals and clinics have conspired with American veterans to submit bogus claims, according to prosecutors and court records.

Seventeen people have been convicted so far – including at least a dozen US military retirees – in a little-noticed investigation that has been handled by federal prosecutors out of Wisconsin because a Madison company holds the contract to process many of the claims. It has not been accused of any wrongdoing.

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at 18:23 on April 24th, 2008

jayr_patron, I like this story. It's good stuff.

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April 24, 2008 at 05:03 pm by jayr_patron, 360 views, 1 comment

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