Never trust government to protect your money-----Feds charge CEOs, doctors in telemarketing scam that targeted Medicare recipients, costing taxpayers nearly $1 billion - ABC News

Feds charge CEOs, doctors in telemarketing scam that targeted Medicare recipients, costing taxpayers nearly $1 billion - ABC News:

• Two dozen people charged in one of the largest health care scams ever.

"The federal government on Tuesday raided dozens of locations belonging to doctors and medical equipment companies suspected of taking part in a massive telemarketing scam that targeted Medicare recipients and cost taxpayers nearly $1 billion.

...Using television and radio ads, as well as cold calls, the companies promised a "free or low-cost" brace for a patient's back, shoulder, wrist or knee.

Once the scammer obtained a person's insurance information, the companies would bill Medicare...

...The scheme did not go unnoticed by consumers.
In the first three months of the year alone, a government hotline received nearly 1,800 complaints..."