.... and this is why we will never have universal healthcare. Too many people willing to cheat the system, and the government doesn't sweat the small stuff.
> Too many people willing to cheat the system, and the government doesn't sweat the small stuff.
The government is far more likely to sweat the small stuff. They'll happily pay $20k in staffing to prosecute a $1k theft, because it doesn't hit their profits/bonuses at all to do so.
> Michael Crowley investigated fraud for more than a decade for three companies, including Humana and United. The flood of fraud was so great, he said, that investigators ignored suspect claims worth less than $300. Investigating those, the companies determined, would cost more than what they could recover, he said.
> But those small claims add up. Williams, the personal trainer from Texas, billed insurers in increments of $300 and under for more than four years, and it added up to about $25 million. “If you’re a provider, you’re going to figure out that threshold real quick and stay under it,” Crowley said.
