Heart Device Failure: Medicare Spent $1.5B Over 10 Years To Replace Defective Implants

Heart Device Failure: Medicare Spent $1.5B Over 10 Years To Replace Defective Implants-kaiserhealthnews: Medicare paid at least $1.5 billion over a decade to replace seven types of defective heart devices, a government watchdog says. The devices apparently failed for thousands of senior patients.