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Medicare wasn’t the only government program targeted for laboratory fraud - health care providers found quick access to money in the federal fund for testing people without insurance.

Fraud & overspending are partly why Medicare keeps spending more on COVID-19 testing

Dec 30, 2022 ◇ Anjeanette Damon/ProPublica

Medicare’s COVID-19 testing costs reached over $2 billion in 2022 - and the growing costs concern some experts, who say financial incentives and a lack of regulation early in the pandemic led to fraud and overspending. Read more»

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