title: Medicare crooks.
abstract: Medicare is racked with more waste, fraud and abuse than anyone had imagined. Ending overpayments would keep the program from going bankrupt in 2001. But can the government hunt down all the swindlers? Don't count on it.
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Serafini
mesh_terms: D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D005607:Fraud / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006300:Health Services Misuse / Q000191:economics*; D006278:Medicare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards; D014481:United States