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...does an insurance company know whether a patient really got the care for which it picks up most of the tab? Doctors and hospitals are on the honor system, but some of them cheat. Fraud may account for as much as $75 billion of annual U.S. health-care expenditures, according to the National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association. Last June California officials uncovered the biggest single medical fraud to date, a $1 billion rip-off carried out by thieves operating clinics on wheels. Investigators say the clinics offered patients free tests and exams, then used their insurance information to generate...
...ready to play, Restic will again tab sophomore David Morgan to run the offense. Morgan has completed 48% of his passes for 167 yards, has tossed three interceptions and scored one touchdown, a one-yard keeper against Fordham last weekend. He is quite capable of leading the Crimson to its second Ivy League win today...
...York State pays one of the lowest proportions of Medicaid bills in the nation. This means financially strapped localities pick up much of the tab. Faced with an even worse fiscal mess than Cuomo, aides to New York City Mayor David N. Dinkins have often loudly hoped that the state would assume more of the fair burden. And it looked this summer as though Cuomo finally agreed. One fine morning, however, the governor said "there's no chance" of a state takeover...
...pays? It will cost an estimated $150 billion to $500 billion to rewire America. Regulators have opposed phone-industry attempts to stick ratepayers with the bill. Cable-television companies, meanwhile, are also overlaying their old networks with optical fiber. With fewer restrictions on who picks up the tab, cable-TV concerns could rewire more homes than the telephone industry...
...relabeling effort may cost food manufacturers $600 million during the next two decades. They will pass on the tab to consumers, but fortunately it is very low: only about 11 cents for every $100 worth of groceries, according to government estimates. Even the most conservative projections place the potential benefit from reduced medical costs and increased productivity at $3.6 billion. If everyone who reads labels were to adopt a healthier diet, the savings could jump to more than $100 billion...