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Chicago area victims, scammers part of nationwide Medicare fraud scheme
Scammers took more than $100 million meant for senior citizens' Medicare bills, which comes from taxpayer money. Lauren Victory reports.
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Scammers took more than $100 million meant for senior citizens' Medicare bills, which comes from taxpayer money. Lauren Victory reports.
The swindlers were only caught after making $3 billion worth of fake Medicare claims.
The White House announced earlier Thursday, Medicare has reached agreements with drug manufacturers on lower prices for all 10 of the drugs selected for the initial round of negotiation.
An estimated 8-and-a-half million Americans rely on the diabetes medication insulin to survive. Recent changes cap the cost at $35 a month, but many, either uninsured or not on Medicare, don't qualify for this price.
The youngsters lean on their parents, their teachers, and adults who do remember.
The swindlers were only caught after making $3 billion worth of fake Medicare claims.
CBS News Chicago's cameras captured one person being loaded onto an ambulance.
Singer Jon Bon Jovi helped bring a woman back off the ledge of a pedestrian bridge in Nashville Tuesday night, police said.
The baseless rumors have been amplified in recent days by former President Donald Trump and his allies.
The baseless rumors have been amplified in recent days by former President Donald Trump and his allies.
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Of the nearly 9,000 detention-eligible cases in Illinois at which the team looked, 36% of defendants were detained. In 43% of those cases, prosecutors never asked for detention.
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The swindlers were only caught after making $3 billion worth of fake Medicare claims.
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A local expert said contrary to the concerns of the FTC, Jewel and Mariano's operating as one company could reduce prices and likely keep stores open.
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Singer Jon Bon Jovi helped bring a woman back off the ledge of a pedestrian bridge in Nashville Tuesday night, police said.
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Scammers took more than $100 million meant for senior citizens' Medicare bills, which comes from taxpayer money. Lauren Victory reports.
In the immediate aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks, the United States of America was a nation united. But as Sara Machi reports, speakers in Naperville worry that bond is now frayed.
Emonte Morgan made his final statement with a handwritten letter, saying there was no intent to murder Officer French. But a judge said Morgan chose to pull the trigger, and thus chose to sentence him to life in prison. Shardaa Gray reports.
Francine made landfall as a hurricane earlier Wednesday.
CBS News Chicago's cameras captured one person being loaded onto an ambulance.
Emonte Morgan was found guilty in March.
The swindlers were only caught after making $3 billion worth of fake Medicare claims.
The youngsters lean on their parents, their teachers, and adults who do remember.
Singer Jon Bon Jovi helped bring a woman back off the ledge of a pedestrian bridge in Nashville Tuesday night, police said.
Of the nearly 9,000 detention-eligible cases in Illinois at which the team looked, 36% of defendants were detained. In 43% of those cases, prosecutors never asked for detention.
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Of the nearly 9,000 detention-eligible cases in Illinois at which the team looked, 36% of defendants were detained. In 43% of those cases, prosecutors never asked for detention.
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Social media shows the employee clad in a neon CTA vest—intervening as a colleague was attacked.