Vanderbilt Television News Archive

Special News Broadcast recorded from ABC Evening News for Thursday, Feb 25, 1993


Title: Nightline Investigation: Health Care: Fraud, Waste And Abuse

Abstract:

The first of two broadcasts re: factors contributing to the current high cost of US health care, including:

  • Discussions with Ted Koppel (ABC), Timothy Johnson (ABC), and Dr. Herb Keyser.
  • Taped segments introduced by Koppel with insurance fraud investigators Diane Kellner, Jim Garcia, Karl Harris, and George Schmalhofer, congressional health investigator Janet Shikles, fraud victim Craig Keoshian, former US Attorney Lourdes Baird, US Attorney Michael Chertoff, and unidentified others.

  • Begin Time:11:32:00 pm
    End Time:12:01:00 am
    TVN Record Number:647499
    Copyright:Abstract and Metadata (c) 1993-2009 Vanderbilt University
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