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A hospice that boasts an astonishing 97% survival rate for terminally ill patients is accused of defrauding Medicare of $7.45 million.

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The FBI arrested a couple on Thursday for allegedly fraudulently billing Medicare $7.45 million while running a hospice that reported a five-year survival rate of more than 97 percent. Federal officials told CBS News they were the first in a series of arrests planned for Thursday. Because most people enter hospice care in the final … Read more

America needs more clinics of last resort for patients who don’t have answers.

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America needs more clinics of last resort for patients who don't have answers.

For decades, five brothers living in rural Kentucky were slowly turned to stone. After just a few minutes of walking, their feet became so painful that even the doctors couldn’t explain their pain. By the time her eldest sibling, Louise Benge, reached her 50s, she had come to believe that medicine might not be able … Read more