More Accounting Fraud Exposed

Thirty billion dollars worth this time.

Call it Doc Fix 2.0.

The federal government already has the “Doc Fix,” an annual shortfall of about $20 billion that must be paid to maintain current payment rates to physicians under Medicare.

Now, it looks like President Obama’s health-care bill created another funding cliff, costing an additional $5.5 billion or so each year.

Critics say the costs were hidden from view in the $940 billion health-care bill to lower the price tag by about $30 billion, and also as a way to gain the support of doctors and hospitals without angering governors.

This getting to be a habit.

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2010/04/01/obama-health-bill-hid-30-billion-in-medicaid-costs-critics-say/#ixzz0jr3sSh1g