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Audit a government agency, any agency, and you will find fraud, corruption and incompetence.
"However, it remains unclear whether the program will result in the $130 million in savings promised by the governor, numbers that would indicate nearly $5 in return for every dollar spent. Meanwhile, a claim of 25 percent fraud in the system - widely repeated by the Administration, DAs and Republican politicians - appears to be based on data out of San Diego that is more than a decade old and concerns welfare applications, not IHSS.
IHSS is a huge system. It employs 380,000 low-wage workers to care for about 444,000 mostly low-income elderly and disabled patients to be cared for in their homes - numbers so huge they mean that one out of every 50 Californians is either a patient or provider. In many cases, the provider is a family member or friend to the recipient. About half of its $5.4 billion annual budget comes from the federal government, with the state providing a third and counties the rest."
This article argues that the fraud mentioned is too high. It never suggests that the number may be too low. That is why government and the media is not trusted.
What do you think is the fraud noted too little or not high enough?
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"However, it remains unclear whether the program will result in the $130 million in savings promised by the governor, numbers that would indicate nearly $5 in return for every dollar spent. Meanwhile, a claim of 25 percent fraud in the system - widely repeated by the Administration, DAs and Republican politicians - appears to be based on data out of San Diego that is more than a decade old and concerns welfare applications, not IHSS.
IHSS is a huge system. It employs 380,000 low-wage workers to care for about 444,000 mostly low-income elderly and disabled patients to be cared for in their homes - numbers so huge they mean that one out of every 50 Californians is either a patient or provider. In many cases, the provider is a family member or friend to the recipient. About half of its $5.4 billion annual budget comes from the federal government, with the state providing a third and counties the rest."
This article argues that the fraud mentioned is too high. It never suggests that the number may be too low. That is why government and the media is not trusted.
What do you think is the fraud noted too little or not high enough?
More...