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Medicare Rights Center Releases Report on Medical Overpayments
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October 15, 1996
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NEW YORK, Oct. 15 /U.S. Newswire/ -- According to a report
released by the Medicare Rights Center (MRC), a nonprofit service
organization for Medicare consumers, people on Medicare are
overpaying hundreds of millions of dollars out of their own pockets
for health care services or forgoing necessary care because of
wrongful denials of care and coverage.
Consumers have the right to appeal, but they do so only about
1 percent of the time because they lack information on appeal rights
and procedures. According to national data from the Health Care
Financing Administration, Medicare refunded more than $630 million
altogether in 1995. Just by asking for a review of their denial,
Medicare ...
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