Fraud & Order

Sunday, October 28th, 2001 Fraud

Americans tolerate fraud. And many insurance companies, while talking tough, give tacit approval to criminals by paying out fishy claims rather than taking their chances in court. According to the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud, healthcare fraud alone costs Americans approximately $54 billion a year. What‘s worse, people believe this type of criminal behavior is justified. In a CAIF survey, two out of three Americans said they tolerate insurance fraud to varying degrees; two out of five Americans want little or no punishment for insurance cheats. They blamed the insurance industry for its fraud problems, citing unfair practices on the business end.

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