[Source](https://amgreatness.com/2026/03/11/cbs-news-investigation-uncovers-massive-medicare-hospice-fraud-in-l-a-county/) > An investigation by CBS News has discovered massive Medicare fraud at more than 700 out of 1,800 licensed hospice providers in Los Angeles County. > The scam utilizes stolen Medicare numbers to fraudulently enroll healthy seniors in hospice with fake terminal diagnoses, billing Medicare an average of $29,000 per patient without delivering care, to the tune of hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars. CBS News did this? They committed an act of journalism? I don't know how to react. I don't think there's a flair for that...