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Taxpayers Paid for Medicare Bonuses to Doctors

The American public for years paid physicians millions of dollars in Medicare bonuses to treat the medically needy in parts of Texas and across the country - even though many doctors no longer qualified for the cash and federal officials knew it, a Houston Chronicle investigation has found.

The American public for years paid physicians millions of dollars in Medicare bonuses to treat the medically needy in parts of Texas and across the country - even though many doctors no longer qualified for the cash and federal officials knew it, a Houston Chronicle investigation has found.

Caroline Cournoyer is GOVERNING's senior web editor.