Drug Abusers Exploit Medicare Program

CAROLYN’S DAILY POSTS: 2011

DRUG ABUSERS EXPLOIT MEDICARE PROGRAM

 

     I don’t know how they do it.

     I speak of the persons who bilk Medicare’s prescription program to feed their drug addiction, or to sell painkillers for profit. But they do:

Abuse of prescription medications is a fast-growing drug problem, particularly entrenched among teens and young adults…The Government Accountability Office found that about 170,000 Medicare recipients each received prescriptions from multiple doctors for 14 frequently abused medications in 2008.*

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     Scammers doctor shop, that is, they visit