Problem
Abuse of health welfare benefits
Other Names:
Fraudulent medical claimsSickies
Bogus medical documents
Inappropriate disability pension
Incidence:
In 1997, the Italian government paid disability pensions to 30,000 dead people. The fraud was discovered when the dead failed to return their census forms. Other Italians apparently work by receive disability payments with the help of bogus medical certificates. A check of 15,000 recipients turned up 5000 fraudulent handicaps. A further 131,000 Italians who are drawing disability pensions must undergo medical examinations to verify their claims. Probably, more than 20% of the payments will be discontinued.
Narrower Problems:
Unnecessary health system referrals Strategies:
Insuring health Subject(s):
Commerce → InsuranceHealth Care → Handicapped
Health Care → Health
Information → Documentation
Medicine → Medicine
Social Activity → Retirement
Social Activity → Welfare
Societal Problems → Crime
Societal Problems → Maltreatment
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
E: Emanations of other problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST