EPISODE 3
Paging Doctor Fraud
(1/19/2010) Medicare has been a lifesaver for millions of Americans. It's also been credited with keeping health care costs down, but with billions of dollars in payments going out every year, there's room for fraud. It's not too strong to say that Medicare is being pillaged and plundered -- and cracking down on the problem has become a top priority for the Obama Administration. We examine how the Office of Inspector General is combating the fraud, and take an exclusive behind-the-scenes trip with a Strike Force team to Detroit to break up a Medicare crime ring there. Also, after 9/11, Congress called for the use of advanced technology to prevent airplane passengers from bringing explosives on board. Better technology has been available for years, yet 10 years after the terrorist attacks, metal detectors, useless for detecting bombs, are still the last line of defense. We examine the battle over whole body scanners—a technology that can peek under your clothes. And, an American diplomat who's spent 30 years in Haiti talks about the future of the island nation.
54 min · Jan 19, 2010
TV-14