August 24th, 2006
Free Medicare Money! Oops, not so fast.
Senior Journal reports that the Medicare program erroneously sent out $50 million in drug refunds to seniors, due to an unspecified computer glitch. Unfortunately, the seniors who received over-payments must return the money.
A call left by this intrepid blogger seeking more information from the press officer for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services was not returned.
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Michael Krigsman is CEO of Asuret, Inc., a software and consulting company dedicated to reducing software implementation failures. Click here to discuss this post with him on Twitter. See his full profile and disclosure of his industry affiliations.
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