User Clip: 091028 Cornyn Said Violent Criminals Increasingly Commit Medicare Fraud

"Violent criminals are moving into defrauding the government and the American taxpayer because the risks and rewards look better to them than, for example, the drug trade. According to this same AP story, a Medicare scammer could easily net $25,000 a day, while risking a relatively modest 10 years in prison if convicted on a single count. A cocaine dealer, by comparison, could take weeks to make that amount, while risking life in prison. So it is a matter of incentives, risks, and rewards. Apparently, the risk of committing Medicare and Medicaid fraud is so low and so lucrative that it has continued to grow and grow and grow." close