{"id":84939,"date":"2019-02-11T09:15:47","date_gmt":"2019-02-11T13:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=84939"},"modified":"2019-02-11T09:15:47","modified_gmt":"2019-02-11T13:15:47","slug":"marines-and-fake-scar-cream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=84939","title":{"rendered":"Marines and Fake Scar Cream"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/scarcream.jpg?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-84940 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/scarcream.jpg?resize=300%2C169&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/scarcream.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/scarcream.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/scarcream.jpg?resize=500%2C281&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/scarcream.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"headline hover-highlight entry-title js_entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jezebel.com\/fake-scar-cream-that-nobody-needed-costs-military-65-m-1832510145\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-id=\"\">Fake Scar Cream That Nobody Needed Cost Military $65 Million<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2019\/02\/09\/tennessee-doctors-marines-pain-cream-scam-tricare-choice-md\/2822642002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USA Today<\/a> and Jezebel write that a scam was exposed in which Mederma scar cream normally costing $30 a tube, was sold to the US government for treating the US military at $14K per tube.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>According to <em>USA Today<\/em>, a clinic in Tennessee, along with a shady pharmacy, managed to dupe the U.S. military out of $65 million by prescribing scar cream with a price tag of $14, 500 a tube to Marines who didn\u2019t even need it and giving the soldiers who filled the prescriptions a cut of the profits.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s how the scam worked: a clinic in Cleveland, Tennessee called Choice MD would remotely prescribe the exorbitantly-priced cream to Marines in California. Then, a pharmacy in Utah would fill those prescriptions and bill Tricare, a military insurance program, for millions. A former Marine has also been charged with recruiting active-duty Marines to receive the prescriptions.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It used to be that scars were a source of pride.\u00a0 Remember Red Badge of Courage?\u00a0 I guess some value a good kickback a little more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fake Scar Cream That Nobody Needed Cost Military $65 Million USA Today and Jezebel write that a scam was exposed in which Mederma scar cream normally costing $30 a tube, was sold to the US government for treating the US military at $14K per tube. 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