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US Employers Are Skipping Out on Billions in Payroll Taxes
By Eric PianinA new report by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration says the IRS is doing too little to go after employers suspected of hiding wages and failing to report billions of dollars in...
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Here’s What It Would Take to Slash Government Waste: Better IT Departments
By Eric PianinA House Republican proposal to reduce improper payments for Medicare, Medicaid, Earned Income Tax Credits and other programs and save taxpayers $700 billion in the next five years has sparked...
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Can Congress Finally Stop Wasting $100 Billion a Year in Erroneous Payments?
By Eric PianinIn response to repeated prodding by the General Accounting Office and other government watchdogs, the House Budget Committee is calling for creation of a special commission to crack down on...
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Feds' Big Bust: $1.3 Billion Health Insurance Fraud Takedown
By Rob GarverOn the same day that Republican members of the Senate released a pair of bills aimed at repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act, the Department of Justice highlighted a problem with the...
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Big Pharma’s Big Lobby Money Is Preventing Real Reform on Drug Prices
By Eric PianinThere was a time not long ago that the pharmaceutical industry was in a panic over a mounting call for prescription drug price controls and other measures to protect consumers and government agencies...
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How Unscrupulous Hospice Operators Are Stealing Millions From Medicare
By Eric PianinIn the latest in a flurry of high-profile Medicare and Medicaid fraud cases, one of the nation’s largest skilled nursing, senior living and rehabilitation providers has agreed to pay the federal...
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Postal Worker Health Care Reform Would Shift Billions in Costs to Medicare
By Eric PianinThe government would save billions of dollars in health care costs for federal employees and retirees under a U.S. postal service reform act pending on Capitol Hill, although much of the long-term “...
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Medicare Finally Fixes a Huge Security Flaw
New Medicare cards remove a potential source of ID theft.
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10,000 Boomers Turn 65 Every Day. Can Medicare and Social Security Handle It?
By Eric PianinBy the time the last of this generation approaches retirement age in 2029, 18 percent of the U.S. will be at least that age, the Pew Research Center projects. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid...
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Want to Slash the Deficit? Stop the Billions in Improper Government Payments
By Eric PianinIn a report to Congress this week, U.S. Comptroller General Gene L. Dodaro voiced alarm over steadily mounting government overpayments for Medicare, Medicaid and Earned Income Tax Credits that are...