The Washington Post: Are you a Medicare recipient? Do you use a chiropractor?
If the answer is yes to both questions, it’s highly likely the federal government should not have paid for your services.
But don’t worry: You won’t have to pay Uncle Sam back.
Medicare is the federal health insurance program for the elderly and others with certain disabilities. It reimbursed chiropractors $438 million in 2013 for services to more than 17 million beneficiaries. About $359 million of that, approximately 82 percent, was wrongly paid, according to the Department of Health and Human Service’s Office of Inspector General (IG).
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