The federal government needs to further step up efforts to fight Medicare and Medicaid fraud to generate more savings to help pay for a healthcare overhaul, lawmakers say, and lealth-overhaul legislation moving through Congress contains provisions to beef up the government's antifraud effort. The U.S. loses at least $60 billion to healthcare fraud every year, and some estimates put the cost as high as 10% of the nation's total healthcare spending, which exceeds $2 trillion. Medicare and Medicaid are especially susceptible, the Wall Street Journal reports.
