[John K. Matyi Thursday, June 26, 2009]  "By some estimates, more than $60 billion each year is lost to fraud. Attorney General Eric Holder said frauds "contribute directly to rising health-care costs that all Americans must bear." ...Wall Street Journal

With the US already paying more than 800 Billion on Medicare and Medicaid what do you think will happen when it then adds Universal Health care (early estimates are an additional 1 Trillion over 10 years, but as of this morning they have now risen to over 3.5 Trillion) to the mix. What comes next should not come to any surprise to regular readers of Conservative blogs:  [Emphasis is mine]  Here is the GOP proposed Health Care Plan as you may not see it anywhere else. Please add your comments and/or questions.

The Wall Street Journal notes: "Ms. Sebelius said the administration is seeking new authority so Medicare can more easily share claims data with other agencies in its efforts to trace con artists. The administration, she said, wants that authority to be included in legislation to overhaul health care. Key Democrats in both the House and Senate plan to include more funding to fight health-care fraud" (Zhang, 6/25).

We all can also surmise that if the government is admitting to more than 60 billion in Detroit and South Florida, the real figure of criminal activity (that the government is so closely watching) is a lot more. So now if the Medicare gets the authority "to share this [patient] information" with other agencies, who will protect this information from hackers and consistently lost or stolen laptops and Hard Drives. Remember all the patient and staff information lost by the Veterans Administration in the last couple of years?

Do you notice the thread happening here (with our personal information)? With Acorn doing the 2010 Census, asking questions like how many showers do you have in your house, and what is the total income of the household, and WHAT ARE ALL YOUR PHONE NUMBERS; how long before this information is used and or sold for illegal purposes? As they will be directly under Obama (no checks or balances), or one of his Czars... Well, I will let you decide the final outcome of all of the power grabbing activity. Remember, in the 1940's this kind of information was used to round up all of the Japanese American Citizens to be place in American Concentration camps.

Authorities Crackdown On Major Medicare Fraud In Detroit 

Jun 25, 2009

Fifty-three people were indicted in a major Medicare fraud crackdown in Detroit yesterday, just one day after eight were charged in a similar case in Miami.

The Wall Street Journal: "the two separate cases, a joint effort by the Justice Department and the Health and the Human Services Department, reflect a pickup in the government's pace in combating Medicare fraud. In the Detroit case, the alleged fraud was estimated at $50 million. Those charged included doctors, health-care executives and beneficiaries. The scheme in Miami allegedly used fake storefronts in an attempt to cheat Medicare out of $100 million. The suspects charged in the Detroit operation allegedly submitted bogus Medicare claims for care that was medically unnecessary and often not provided at all. In some instances suspects paid patients to go along with the scheme, the Justice Department, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and HHS said at a joint news conference. Since March 2007, the government's special antifraud teams have produced more than 250 indictments involving Medicare claims totaling more than $600 million in such Medicare-fraud 'hot spots' as South Florida, Los Angeles and Detroit, where abuses of the federal health program for the elderly and disabled are more frequently found."

The charges come as the administration and Congress try to reduce waste and fraud to pay for increased coverage of the uninsured as part of health care reform. The Obama administration has requested $311 million in additional funding to combat fraud. The U.S. pays more than $800 billion on Medicare and on Medicaid and "by some estimates, more than $60 billion each year is lost to fraud." The Wall Street Journal notes: "Ms. Sebelius said the administration is seeking new authority so Medicare can more easily share claims data with other agencies in its efforts to trace con artists. The administration, she said, wants that authority to be included in legislation to overhaul health care. Key Democrats in both the House and Senate plan to include more funding to fight health-care fraud" (Zhang, 6/25).  <<<MORE>>>

As an aside to this article, Lets look at the 800 pound gorrilla that is in the same room as the health care issues but is noticably being ignored by the politicians: the Veterans Administration. I seem to remember that the VA operates over 400 medical facilities that serve about 2.9 million veterans a year at a cost of $17 billion. which happen to be conveniently located in every state. How long before we begin to hear (again that is) that we need to utilize these facilities for all Americans (and illegal immigrants). Oh wait, the president this morning said that he is working on legislation that will make all immigrants legal. So I guess there will be no Illegal/undocumented immigrants.

Can someone please send me some positive information that doesn't start with 'the former United States of America...'