60 Minutes - Season 42 - Eps 5: 60 Billion Dollar Fraud/Fight for a Cure/Tyler Perry
$60 BILLION FRAUD - Medicare and Medicaid fraudsters are cheating U.S. taxpayers out of an estimated $90 billion a year using a billing scam that is surprisingly easy to execute. Steve Kroft investigates. Ira Rosen and Joel Bach are the producers. FIGHTING FOR A CURE - More Americans are suffering from epilepsy than Parkinson's, cerebral palsy and multiple sclerosis combined. Katie Couric reports on a disease that may not be getting the attention it deserves. Kyra Darnton is the producer. TYLER PERRY - When Hollywood refused to produce his films his way, Tyler Perry started his own studio in Atlanta and now his movies - including the popular "Madea" series - are drawing huge audiences. Byron Pitts profiles the new and unlikely movie mogul. Ruth Streeter is the producer.
About 60 Minutes
Title: 60 Minutes
First Air Date: 1968-09-24
Last Air Date: 2025-06-15
Status: Returning Series
Rating: 6.651/10 (from 73 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 57
Total Episodes: 953
Network: CBS
Genres: News
Production Companies: CBS News Productions
Synopsis
America's popular television News magazine in which an ever changing team of CBS News correspondents contribute segments ranging from hard news coverage to politics to lifestyle and pop culture.
