The New York Times: Inquiry Confirms Medicare Chief Threatened Actuary

You might remember a few months back when Medicare's chief actuary Richard Foster claimed that Thomas Scully, Medicare's former administrator, had threatened to fire him if he turned over his cost estimates to Congress before an important vote on the bill. Consequently, the Medicare changes were passed using inaccurate budget estimates. The true cost of the program was actually much higher than members of Congress were led to believe.

Now, an internal investigation by the Department of Health and Human Services has confirmed Foster's claims. Scully did threaten to fire him if he released his data.

Scully has since left the government to become a lobbyist for health care companies, which means that he is not subject to disciplinary action for his behavior. The HHS probe determined that he did not violate the law.

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