Posted on 11/13/2014 4:37:24 AM PST by TurboZamboni
The AP story says, “Minnesota's legislative auditor says the state Department of Human Services has failed to adequately verify the eligibility of people who enroll in public health care programs through the state's health insurance exchange MNsure.
In a report released Wednesday, the Office of the Legislative Auditor says it found many instances where department paid for Medical Assistance and MinnesotaCare benefits for people who weren't eligible because their incomes were too high or didn't qualify for other reasons. It says the department also charged incorrect MinnesotaCare premium rates.”
It’s hard to put into words how shocked I am. The Strib’s Mike Kaszuba says, “Meet Minneapolis, the city’s tourism arm, had initially predicted the [All-Star] game would mean a $75 million boost for the local economy, but based on closer study has now revised the figure to $50 million. The state Department of Revenue, reviewing sales tax data for Minneapolis, added that the true figure could be as high as $55 million, or as low as $21 million.” $25 million here, $25 million there, and pretty soon you’re talking real money.
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Accountability in government. It’s whatever.
NO!
If the audit can find ineligible claimants then the mechanism set up to vet claimants should have refused them. They are not refused because the people in charge of signing up new claimants are ether rewarded/reviewed improperly or those signers are deliberately putting ineligible people into the system for their own political/social ends. The integrity of any plan, organization or policy rests with those who implement it. If you chose an implementer with an agenda or reward them incorrectly then you get what we’ve got now...a huge taxpayer impoverishment machine. This is why I believe that all functions not assigned to the governments in their constitutions should not be performed or even attempted by said governments.
Yes, thats exactly it. You wouldn’t believe how many ways there are around The Rules. The Rules would have been written into the law by Congress or added by HHS as they needed to fluff up access.
At one time I was out of work for a very extended period of time and was looking to see what help was available. I found a program focused on retraining. Eligibility was limited to criminals, rehabilitated drug users or persons not having a HS diploma. That ruled me out. However, the person running this extravaganza said if I failed to pass a simple aptitude test I could get welfare. I was told several times that failure was my gateway to welfare. I took the test and aced it. Ive never seem anyone so dejected...LOL. I decided then and there since I was able to work that thats what Id do. I wound up starting my own business. It was a tough go BUT we survived. What the welfare people dont say (but should be obvious) is that to get the $ you must check all self reliance, ambitions, the whole ball of wax at the door and dance to the govts tune. For myself I couldnt do that in good conscience. It also explains why welfare types are the way they are.
This story would only amaze me if the audit found that there were NOT a bunch of ineligibles getting benefits.
Gubers running programs properly? Baaaaahahahahaha! Have you SEEN the people who run government programs? Not much different from ACORN, IMO.
The only reason these numbers came to light is because private insurance companies were involved. They demand to know where their money is going. If this had been Medicare or Medicaid, just like the VA fiasco, we never would have seen honest numbers.
It is hard to put into words how shocked I am that Mr. Kaszuba is shocked.
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