Medicare fraud forum on Capitol Hill
Sen. Mel Martinez, R-Fl, speaks during a forum on Medicare fraud on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 28, 2008. Medicare fraud is estimated to cost taxpayers as much as $80 billion a year. (UPI Photo/Patrick D. McDermott)
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