Leaders: Public is best defense against health care fraud - MetroWest Daily News

Leaders: Public is best defense against health care fraud MetroWest Daily News Such are some of the less sophisticated — but by no means the only — health care scams detected by local and federal officials, who stressed personal vigilance as their most important ally at a conference on preventing fraud against seniors yesterday ... and more »

Neither Public Nor Private: A Health-Care System Muddling Through - The Atlantic

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Neither Public Nor Private: A Health-Care System Muddling Through The Atlantic Third, regulatory programs exist because we are paying for privately provided care and insurance using public funds, and must ensure that public funds are properly spent. Finally, much of health care regulation is best understood as special interest ... and more »

Mystery Health Care Group Funneled Millions to Conservative Nonprofits - Center for Responsive Politics

Mystery Health Care Group Funneled Millions to Conservative Nonprofits Center for Responsive Politics A secretive, well-funded group whose name gives the misleading impression that it is solely concerned about health care gave more than $44 million in 2010 to other tax-exempt groups, many of which spent millions on TV ads attacking Democrats running ... and more »

Planned Parenthood Urges Court to Keep Texas Funding in Place - BusinessWeek

Planned Parenthood Urges Court to Keep Texas Funding in Place BusinessWeek The Texas regulation was designed to exclude operators of 49 health centers from a state-funded program that provides health care to thousands of low-income women. After the Planned Parenthood groups sued last month, a federal judge in Austin issued an ... and more »

The budget that is eating the state - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

The budget that is eating the state Milwaukee Journal Sentinel It is crowding out funds needed for - and being reduced to - other government services such as education. Any hope of making meaningful inroads concerning health care costs in general - and Medicaid/Badger Care costs in particular - must take into ...