Originally posted by graphicgr8s Medicare has billions of dollars in fraud. They can't stop it. What you can't make up is the drivel the Obama spouts. Of course he has his new book coming out. How to destroy the USA in 2 years or less
Once again, I give you facts from a linked source, which you can dispute with counterevidence if you wish, and you reply with silly insults.
The truth is, the private health insurance system is subject to fraud as well, and that fraud amounts to billions as well. The extent of fraudulent costs associated with the
entire US health care system is estimated between 3 and 10% of total health expenditures, and there is no major difference between Medicare/Medicaid and private health insurance, when adjusted for relative size and demographics. The only difference between fraud in the Medicare and Medicaid systems is that, unlike private health insurance, there is no known instance of fraud perpetrated by the providers against the consumers.
So, if your arguments boils down to: "Fraud in Medicare demonstrates that the government cannot run health care", it's just plain nonsense.