by Ben Vernia | March 3rd, 2010
In a March 2 letter to Democratic and Republican congressional leaders, President Obama wrote that his administration was considering, among other ideas offered by GOP lawmakers at the February 25 Blair House health care reform summit:
Although the proposal I released last week included a comprehensive set of initiatives to combat fraud, waste, and abuse, Senator Coburn had an interesting suggestion that we engage medical professionals to conduct random undercover investigations of health care providers that receive reimbursements from Medicare, Medicaid, and other Federal programs.
