Lawmakers in Washington talk a good game about rooting out wasteful government spending, especially in parts of the federal budget that fuel the national debt. Now, Congress has a chance to turn talk into action.
A bipartisan bill introduced by Senators Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) called the No Unreasonable Payments, Coding, or Diagnoses for the Elderly, or “No UPCODE Act” takes aim at one of the most expensive and abused programs in the federal government: Medicare Advantage. This legislation targets a long-running scheme by private insurance companies that allows them to bleed Medicare and taxpayers dry through systematic overbilling.
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