[TheBattman]

When the government know about fraud and takes no meaningful steps to stop it, then it becomes government fraud.

[wideminded]

There is something called "durable medical equipment fraud" that involves companies providing a low quality or cheap piece of medical equipment and billing Medicare for a higher quality item.

Yes congress should crack down on this and yes one reason they don't because of campaign contributions, but the practice is fraudulent and unethical in itself.