Yup, there are always people who will game the system for their own benefit. Some are in emergency rooms, some are on Wall Street, some are in the halls of Congress.
But for every story like this one from my dear friend Dennis, there are others like this:
http://tinyurl.com/ylbbu96
Larry
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