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Medicare’s finances are full of waste

By Sally Pipes

Published September 12, 2019 9:23pm ET

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Medicare’s finances are full of waste — A new report just uncovered millions of dollars in Medicare waste. The report, from the Office of the Inspector General at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, found that the agency paid for some of the same drugs twice, wasting $160 million. Unfortunately, this is only the latest example of Medicare squandering taxpayer dollars. […]

A new report just uncovered millions of dollars in Medicare waste. The report, from the Office of the Inspector General at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, found that the agency paid for some of the same drugs twice, wasting $160 million.

Unfortunately, this is only the latest example of Medicare squandering taxpayer dollars.

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