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Cuban accused of Medicare fraud arrested
- A Cuban citizen accused of defrauding Medicare of about $1.9 million in Kentucky has been detained by customs officers in Brownsville.
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- Consumer confidence extends rise in December
Spectranetics will pay $5M to end federal probe
- Spectranetics Corp. said Tuesday it will pay $5 million to end a government investigation into allegations it imported and marketed medical lasers that had not been cleared by regulators.
Missouri editorials
- Here are recent editorials in Missouri newspapers:
Senior-citizen volunteers fight Medicare fraud
- The first box that arrived at Shirley Shupp's door was filled with braces to help with her arthritis. Then came a motorized scooter, just like the one the 69-year-old already owned. She hadn't asked for any of it - but Medicare was apparently footing the bill.
Senior patrol fights billions in Medicare fraud
- One of the government's least sophisticated measures against Medicare fraud is boasting some big success.
Genesys Health System settles fraud suit for $670K
- The U.S. Justice Department says Genesys Health System will pay $669,413 to settle a lawsuit alleging it submitted fraudulent claims to Medicare.
GOP Sen. hopeful calls for Mass. health plan caps
- Republican state Sen. Scott Brown, a candidate for the late Edward Kennedy's U.S. Senate seat, said states would be better off adopting their own plans to expand insurance coverage than relying on a national health care overhaul.
Now hear this: Swim-proof hearing aids to get test
- They're not your grandpa's hearing aids.
Health bills nudge US on long-term care insurance
- Most people don't buy long-term care insurance. They simply don't want to think about moving into an assisted living center or hiring a stranger to bathe them.
- Most people don't buy long-term care insurance. They simply don't want to think about moving into an assisted living center or hiring a stranger to bathe them.
Editorials from around Ohio
- Excerpts of recent editorials of statewide and national interest from Ohio newspapers:
NY Dems, GOP spar over US Senate health bill
- The landmark federal health reform care bill being negotiated in Washington is heating up New York politics, pitting the state's two top Democrats against each other and giving Republicans an opportunity to snipe at a side deal that swayed a key vote in the U.S. Senate.
Weak economy, high unemployment Fla.'s top story
- Florida's weak economy, with its high unemployment and foreclosure rates, was the state's top story in 2009, according to a vote of newspaper editors conducted by The Associated Press.
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