Posted on 05/06/2019 7:47:25 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Labor organizations will no longer be allowed to skim dues money from the checks of Medicaid patients under new rules adopted by the Trump administration.
The Department of Health and Human Services's Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services adopted new regulation that will prohibit states from siphoning money from caregiver reimbursements to third parties. The rule takes direct aim at state policies enacted to enrich union coffers.
"State Medicaid programs are responsible for ensuring that taxpayer dollars are dedicated to providing healthcare services for low-income, vulnerable Americans and are not diverted in ways that do not comply with federal law," CMS Administrator Seema Verma said in a release. "This final rule is intended to ensure that providers receive their complete payment."
Several states have used forced dues schemes in the past to automatically deduct union fees from the reimbursement checks intended to pay for the care of disabled citizens. In many cases that money has gone to family members who serve as full-time caregivers to their severely disabled relatives. The new rule will prevent states from enforcing those policies in the future.
"This final rule removes the regulatory text that allows a state to make Medicaid payments to third parties on behalf of an individual provider for benefits such as health insurance, skills training, and other benefits customary for employees," the regulation says.
The issue gained national prominence when the Supreme Court struck down a coercive dues scheme adopted by imprisoned former Gov. Rod Blagojevich in Illinois. The Court ruled in Harris v. Quinn that the state policy was unconstitutional because it treated home health aides as government employees for the purpose of paying labor giants Service Employees International Union and American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, but otherwise received no other benefits or services from state government.
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Nice!
Go Trump!
Oh boy. This will require lots of popcorn.
Let this sink in a second. The unions bribed corrupt government officials to steal money from medicaid recipients and give it to them. And you thought they were bad people...
Thank you President Trump.
Betcha Oregon unions did this bigtime...
This SEIU scam has been going on in Michigan for a long time. Before it was stopped (?) the union collected tens of millions of dollars.
President Donald J Trump. Not content to attempt swamp drainage only in the District of Corruption, but in the 50 states as well.
Unions are criminal organizations chartered by the democrat party.
I’m pretty sure they did this in California too. I remember hearing about it.
WINNING!!
Yet another direct hit on Corruptocrat Campaign Revenue.
The unions were stealing money from Medicaid?
How low can they get?
Winning!
I live in Illinois. A couple of years ago I signed my mother up for home health care through Medicaid. Myself being her only caregiver I figured that I will take the $10 an hour they pay you. I had to go through an “approved” health care agency. When it came time to join the union I told them that I don’t think you can use federal funds (Medicaid) to pay union dues. Boy did I get the eyes! Medicaid approved $1,312.00 per month. So I got about $600 a month and the agency pocketed the rest. A total scam. Get the agency out of the way. Let the funds go to those 92 year olds (like my mom)who could really use them.
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