Posted on 12/15/2004 12:04:32 PM PST by agenda_express
There is a lot of detailed information that is not real useful to the layperson, except this - Medicare (the National health program for Seniors, not to be confused with Medicaid, the health program for the poor and disabled), made net overpayments of $19.9 Billion (yes, with a "B") in fiscal year 2004. That is roughly $66.33 per US citizen (300M) or $118.45 per taxpayer (rougly 168M taxpayers in 2003, per irs.gov).
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