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I-Team investigates Medicare ambulance rides

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An Atlanta family says Medicare paid thousands of dollars for private ambulance rides they really didn't need. 

Only a select group of Medicare patients are allowed to use an ambulance for non-emergency reasons, like going to the doctor or dialysis.  But as FOX 5 I-Team reporter Randy Travis shows you, the question is whether some of those rides are truly medically necessary.  

CHECK BACK HERE TO SEE I-TEAM REPORTER RANDY TRAVIS' FULL STORY AFTER IT AIRS ON FOX 5 NEWS AT 10.

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