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Patient charge evasion

Patient charge evasion is when a patient avoids paying for charges they owe.

Patient charge evasion includes charges for prescriptions, or optical and dental charges.

A patient might avoid these charges by falsely claiming exemptions or using aliases.

If fraud has been committed, report it to Action Fraud.

See also:
Medical fraud
Miracle health scams
Benefit fraud

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