Once a device is received, same-day payments are available to consumers via PayPal (or by business checks delivered by mail).

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Point-of-Sale (POS) mobile payments where a smart phone becomes the authentication device to complete a transaction at checkout.

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But Medicare costs are cut mainly by squeezing payments to hospitals, doctors and other health-care providers, a device that has been tried (and evaded) before.

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