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<description><![CDATA[The Obama administration says it's taking steps to fix a longstanding problem of improper payments to private health plans that serve 1 in 4 Medicare beneficiaries.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/24/10500263-feds-to-curb-improper-payments-to-medicare-plans</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/24/10500263-feds-to-curb-improper-payments-to-medicare-plans</guid><category>us</category><category>payments</category><category>medicare</category><category>politics</category><category>improper-payments</category><pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 21:42:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>IG: IRS not stopping billions improper tax credits</title>
<description><![CDATA[More than $10 billion a year in tax credits for low-income families go to people who don't qualify for them, and the Internal Revenue Service isn't doing enough to stop them, a government investigator said Wednesday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Ohlemacher]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Stephen Ohlemacher]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/02/09/6020199-ig-irs-not-stopping-billions-improper-tax-credits</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/02/09/6020199-ig-irs-not-stopping-billions-improper-tax-credits</guid><category>us</category><category>payments</category><category>irs</category><category>internal-revenue-service</category><category>us-news</category><category>improper-payments</category><pubDate>Wed, 9 Feb 2011 22:43:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Less money for dead people: Obama signs waste law</title>
<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama on Thursday signed legislation intended to slash by $50 billion the taxpayer money improperly paid to dead people, fugitives and those in jail who shouldn't be getting benefits.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Darlene Superville]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Darlene Superville]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/22/4727856-less-money-for-dead-people-obama-signs-waste-law</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/22/4727856-less-money-for-dead-people-obama-signs-waste-law</guid><category>us</category><category>payments</category><category>politics</category><category>obama</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>improper-payments</category><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 10:11:06 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>