The “Sixty Minutes” segment last Sunday on people who file fraudulent claims for Medicaid reimbursements has me hopping mad, and if you take the time to watch it, you will be too.

What I would like to know is why someone doesn’t put in an added step in the auditing process, whereby the supposed recipients of any electric wheelchair, urine bag, artificial limb or other medical equipment over a certain a dollar amount is called at random to verify that these were actual people, and it was not just a storefront operation submitting the names, before the funds are released.

If you are concerned, please write a letter to President Obama, and Senator Schumer too, if you are a New York resident.   And thanks to “Sixty Minutes” for illuminating this troublesome issue.

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As a postscript, in the early morning of July 16, 2010, Federal agents arrested 94 individuals suspected of Medicare fraud, spanning Miami, Baton Rouge, New York, Detroit and Houston, CBS News reported.    (The above-mentioned October 2009, “Sixty Minutes” segment focused on Medicare fraud based in Southern Florida.)