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Medicare, Inc. Part 1: How Insurers Make Billions From Medicare

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Uncovering the Financial Motivations Behind Diagnosis Practices

This chapter investigates the controversial practices of Medicare Advantage insurers, revealing how they may overdiagnose patients for increased federal funding. It highlights troubling instances of inflated medical reporting, including questionable diagnoses made during home visits, which disproportionately enhance the profits of companies like UnitedHealth.

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