The following is an excerpt from a story in ProPublica and The Texas Tribune. A Doctor Went to His Own Employer for a COVID-19 Antibody Test. It Cost $10,984. Physicians Premier ER charged Dr. Zachary Sussman’s insurance $10,984 for his COVID-19 antibody test even though Sussman worked for the chain and knows the testing materials […]
Follow the Money
WATCH: Taxpayer funded "swag"
(Original air date: 3/1/20) In Follow the Money, gimmicky spending by federal agencies to promote themselves seems to have taken on some new twists and turns. It is part of the more than 1 billion dollars that federal agencies spend each year to promote themselves. Your tax money is being spend on mascots Owlie Skywarn […]
Fixing Health Costs, China Prescriptions, Bag the Swag
North Carolina's health insurance plan is set to go belly up in three years. But when the state's treasurer proposed a bold plan to save it by cutting costs, he came under a coordinated attack from the insurance and hospital industries. Sunday on Full Measure, we'll track North Carolina's journey to try to save the […]
WATCH: The financial woes of the US Postal Service
(Original air date: 2/23/20) The search is on for a new Postmaster General...to head up our troubled system. The Postal Service is losing billions of dollars...and some have suggested selling parts of it to the private sector. Joce Sterman follows the money -- with Tom Schatz, head of the watchdog Citizens Against Government Waste. Joce: […]
An update on Biden's "dark money" haul
This update comes from Business Insider's Dave Levinthal regarding the reporting entitled: Biden's 'dark' side: How Democrats are embracing secret money and the Citizens United decision to defeat Trump "Pro-Biden super PACs raised another $8.5 million in "dark money" during July. That brings their total "dark money" haul to more than $53.5 mil. New numbers […]
The hidden way to file your taxes for free
Earlier this year, The IRS announced new changes in a program that was supposed to provide free tax preparation to millions...a deal the IRS cut years ago with big tax firms. If they’d offer free help, the IRS agreed not to build its own software to do it. Turns out the free help has been […]
Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz files criminal referral against Facebook's Zuckerberg
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Florida) is asking Attorney General William Barr to file criminal charges against Facebook's Zuckerberg, accusing him of giving false testimony to Congress. The testimony at issue took place in April of 2018 at a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing and a joint hearing of two Senate committees. According to Gaetz, Zuckerberg […]
Was coronavirus a money maker for U.S. Postal Service?
USPS projections of its coronavirus losses were wildly off USPS projected $48 billion in coronavirus-related losses through 2021 Instead, USPS reports revenue above $330 million more than the same period last year New figures from the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) show its revenue turned out to be a lot higher than the agency predicted during […]
