Health Care Fraud Takedown 11 years ago
Only 19 of the 240 individuals were physicians. And most primary care doctors in canada make more money than I do, and I'm a surgeon.
As for the medicare thing, it's not just that medicare doesn't pay enough, it's that about half the time in my practice, medicare simply doesn't pay anything at all.
Finally, if you want to talk about fraud in medicine, the cited problem isn't the major fraud issue; it's just the most newsworthy (easily quantifiable money amount) and therefore an easier target for the men in black.
Not sobbing; I make a good living and am quite happy.