(+2) We should Attack rampant fraud in government programs

Reasons to agree:

1. Another big category is overcharging state Medicaid programs. That accounts for the most settlements, 43 percent of all violations. Most of these violations took the form of companies publishing inflated benchmark prices that set the base for Medicaid drug payments. "In some cases, state Medicaid programs were paying providers as much as 12 times the actual cost of a drug," the new report says.
2. We are broke. 

Website that agree

1. http://www.taf.org/whyfca.htm
2. http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2011/07/11/the-government-fraud-racket/
3. http://www.gao.gov/fraudnet/fraudnet.htm
4. http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2010/12/17/132134328/when-it-comes-to-government-fraud-health-care-now-tops-defense
5. http://www.texaswatchdog.org/2011/11/watchdog-agency-finds-fraud-mismanagement-few-shovel-ready-stimulus-jobs/1320694281.column

Score:

# of reasons to agree: 2

# of reasons to disagree: -0

# of reasons to agree with reasons to agree: 0

# of reasons to agree with reasons to disagree: -0

Total Idea Score: 2

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