US wrote US$128M in duplicate checks to doctors for veteran care -
Levin - 27-04-2023
By AMANDA SEITZ
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government wrote duplicate checks to doctors who provided care for veterans, costing taxpayers as much as US$128 million in extra payments
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In nearly 300,000 cases, private doctors were paid twice — once by the Veterans Health Administration and another time by Medicare — for the same care provided to veterans from 2017 to 2021
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Roughly 1.9 million veterans every year now receive health care, paid for by the federal government, from private doctors when a VA medical facility is too far away or has long wait times.
https://apnews.com/article/medicare-wasteful-spending-doctors-paid-twice-e871d5e6a3350473da35a32999d23c77