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Former Ole Miss Star Joel Rufus French Gets 16 Years for Nearly $200M Medicare Scam
Prosecutors said the former Ole Miss star used straw-owned companies, overseas call centers, and fake telemedicine orders to bill federal health care programs for unwanted medical braces.
Woman Who Allegedly Stole $3.2M From Medicare Boasted About Lavish Home
Flor Mora of California is facing felony charges after allegedly running an elaborate hospice scam.
Ex-NFL Player Convicted in $197 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
Joel French faces multiple decades in prison.

Millions of Americans Set to Lose Medicaid As Pandemic-Era Rule Expires
Millions of Americans are set to lose Medicaid insurance as a safety net put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic reaches its expiration date.

DOJ Announces Arrests of 21 People in Alleged COVID-19 Fraud Schemes Totaling Nearly $150 Million
Federal prosecutors say the arrests took place across eight different states and mostly involved individuals who worked within the medical field.

7-Year-Old Girl Raises Almost $200,000 by Selling Lemonade to Fund Her Brain Surgery
After a local news story about her went viral, a 7-year-old from Alabama was able to raise enough money in donations to pay for her multiple brain surgeries.

Hoverboarding Dentist Receives 12-Year Prison Sentence for Fraud and Reckless Endangerment
Anchorage dentist Seth Lookhart, who was filmed riding a hoverboard as he extracted a patient's tooth, was charged with fraud and reckless endangerment.

ICU Doctor Treating Coronavirus Patients Denied Green Card: 'I Was Blindsided'
A Canadian-born doctor on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic has had her green card application denied, a decision she called a "slap in the face."

Living Texas Woman Pronounced Legally Dead by Social Security Administration
"The Medicare office told me it might take up to 45 days to resurrect me," Ellis said.

Democratic Socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Defeats Joe Crowley in NY Primary
Ocasio-Cortez, who is 28, ran on a progressive platform.

Your Medicare Info Could be Available Online for as Little as US$20
Can we claim stress-related sickness on Medicare? Cos we're gonna need it.