Reply #11: Yes, but the Republicans and their echo chamber don't target people with half a brain [View All]

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Of course it couldn't be the patients defrauding Medicare, and I'd argue that far more than most care providers are decent and honest. This is indeed a case of a few bad apples. But just as it suited certain segments of the information media to imply (or say outright) that the mortgage bubble was and is the fault of poor people bullying the hapless fatcats of finance, I have little doubt that "Medicare fraud" will quickly pass into the public conversation to mean individuals chiseling the system for care they don't need or aren't "entitled" to. It certainly won't make any sense, but I've seen that as no impediment to furthering the political agenda of certain segments of our society.