They are as ubiquitous on city streets as a common panhandler. We have seen them cruising the supermarket aisles whizzing by like a bat out of hell; no “excuse me” during their hit and run escape. Say something to them and you get the  look of a gazing gang banger. “Watch out Mister, next time you will be road kill.” But many taxpayers who stand on their own two feet wonder who paid for these future demolition derby machines.

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Since 1999, Medicare has spent $8.2 billion to procure power wheelchairs and “scooters” for 2.7 million people. Today, the government cannot even guess at how much of that money was paid out to scammers.

She said he would actually take pictures at each stop — the chair and the person together — to keep in their files as proof of receipt. Legally, this was not a great idea. Mainly because many of the photos showed recipients standing up. Right next to the chair that Medicare had bought them because they couldn’t stand up.