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White House Reports Billions Lost In Improper Payments For Medicare, Other Government Programs
The figure for misspent money announced Tuesday was a 37.5 percent increase over the 2008 figure. Bad Medicare payments made up a third of the total. President Obama will issue an order to crack down on the problem, officials said.
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