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As if it was not evident before, maybe this story will make it clear. A top executive of a chain of LA hospitals (CEO to be exact) was arrested after it was found out he was part of a scheme to bring in homeless people supposedly treat them and charge government programs high prices for the services offered. This would of course cost the government millions of extra dollars and ensure those involved new Caddy’s and Bentley’s to part in their mansions.

The hospitals in Los Angeles and Orange counties submitted phony Medicare and Medi-Cal bills for hundreds, perhaps thousands, of homeless patients — including drug addicts and the mentally ill — recruited from downtown’s Skid Row, authorities alleged.

The investigation was sparked in 2006 by a Los Angeles police investigation of reports that hospitals were dumping homeless patients on the streets.

On the bright side at least the homeless people were getting a little heaven for a short time…

[via usa today]