The Nation - News from June 3, 1987
The House unanimously passed a bill to protect Medicare and Medicaid recipients from negligent and criminal doctors and to better shield health programs against fraud. The Medicare and Medicaid Patient and Program Protection Act closes loopholes that, for example, have enabled doctors who lose their licenses in one state to move and continue receiving payments for treating Medicare and Medicaid patients. The bill also has advanced to the Senate floor.
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