{"id":71652,"date":"2023-06-13T18:48:25","date_gmt":"2023-06-13T18:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=71652"},"modified":"2023-06-13T18:48:25","modified_gmt":"2023-06-13T18:48:25","slug":"fraudsters-and-dead-people-scored-hundreds-of-billions-in-government-payments-last-year-watchdog-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=71652","title":{"rendered":"Fraudsters and Dead People Scored Hundreds of Billions in Government Payments Last Year, Watchdog Finds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Federal officials made more than $247 billion in improper payments in 2022, with more than half of the total\u2014$132.4 billion\u2014coming in five major Medicare\/Medicaid programs in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), according to a June 2023 analysis by non-profit government watchdog Open The Books (OTB&#8230;<br \/><a 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