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Foreigners get free surgery on Medicare
By SUE DUNLEVY
February 24, 2006
SICK foreigners are using the Medicare cards of Australian citizens to get free medical treatment in our hospitals. The Medicare fraud, which is costing taxpayers millions of dollars a year, is possible because our outdated Medicare cards carry no proof of identity. A Daily Telegraph investigation has found a Victorian man was convicted and fined for allowing his father, a foreigner, to use his Medicare card to claim benefits for laser eye treatments and medical consultations worth more than $3300. He told investigators he had committed the fraud because he c... Virtual-reality welding simulator an opportunity for Chippewa ......
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