Posted on 04/28/2006 6:51:48 AM PDT by XR7
They figure the rest of us are all going to either work in government, or write code for Microsoft.
All elected officials, in their capacity as fiduciaries of public monies, are required, by law, to be bonded. The express purpose of bonding is to protect the public's money. Each state sets their own regulations. Now, say public funds went missing and the public official failed to get bond coverage; the state would have no way to recover that money other than restitution through a criminal prosecution. If, it is determined a public official broke the law by failing to apply for bond coverage, that could be an actionable offense.
Public entities that mandate bonding include: Municipalities, counties, townships, school districts, ambulance districts, volunteer fire departments, community college districts, public universities, transit authorities, landfills, sewage treatment facilities, public works maintenance facilities, airports.
Concerns here center on instances when elected officials allowed government agencies to misuse tax dollars-----allowing illegal using phony documentation to get government benefits, to vote in elections for public bond issues...........this is an example of fiduciary negligence, and could violate the state's bonding regulations, and the bonding requirements of the carrier.
Now, if a public official with bonding had previous financial problems---perhaps a bankruptcy or a job loss for financial improprieties, etc---that they failed to reveal to bonding agents, that might subject them to legal penalties.
Another thing: Any of you know about this?
I heard that Washington's former RAT governor, Gary Locke, just before he left office last year, signed an excutive order to grant the children of illegal aliens "in-state resident status" for state-assisted tuition to attend the University of Washington and other state universities. But if you're a US citizen and you're from Montana, or Utah, or Iowa, you are S.O.L. You still must pay "out-of-state" tuition! Go figure.
Verse 1
There you sit, your hands a-wringing,
If youre broke now, dont worry,
If its money you are after,
To America, amigo, hurry!
Verse 2--Both verses sung before chorus
We will clog up hospitals,
with bad diseases we might bring,
To the streets, were takin our fight,
Heres the song the we will sing:
First Chorus
All for La Raza, the rest get nada.
Our vista is Reconquista.
All for La Raza, the rest get nada.
You gringos dont understand-ah.
2nd Chorus
All for La Raza, the rest get nada.
We send our dough to old Mexico.
All for La Raza, the rest get nada.
You gringos dont understand-oh.
Repeat Chorus until you get it.
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420ap_wa_medicaid_audit.html
Thursday, April 27, 2006 · Last updated 7:04 p.m. PT
Medicaid audit questions nearly $1 billion in spending
OLYMPIA, Wash. -- Washington state's Medicaid program made nearly $1 billion in questionable payments last year, and may have to refund millions of dollars for improperly paying illegal immigrants' medical bills, a state audit said Thursday.
The sweeping review by state Auditor Brian Sonntag also questioned the state Medicaid agency's investigation of some abuse claims and its controls on identity fraud and prescription drugs, including steroids.
Officials with the state Department of Social and Health Services disputed some findings, but said they would work with Sonntag to iron out conflicting rules that govern health care programs.
"We share a common goal of ensuring the proper use of public funds," said Robin Arnold-Williams, the department director.
A yearly probe of Medicaid spending is required under federal law because the federal government splits the program's costs with the states.
The 155-page audit released Thursday covers the state budget year that ended in June 2005. Washington's Medicaid program spent more than $6.2 billion in that period, Sonntag said.
Auditors identified nearly 30 problem areas for the program. The nearly $1 billion in questioned spending includes more than $83 million in payments for thousands of illegal immigrants' medical expenses.
Half of that money came from the federal government, which only allows its share of Medicaid to be spent on undocumented immigrants in emergencies.
The state was paying providers for non-emergency care, including treatments for ingrown toenails, dental care and acne, auditors said.
"This is causing the nation's taxpayers to subsidize Washington state's noncompliance," the audit said.
That total includes up to $32 million in federal money spent on care for pregnant undocumented immigrants, despite an order to limit that care to childbirth. The state may have to refund that money to the federal government, the audit said.
Auditors from the federal inspector general are now performing their own review of the state's Medicaid spending on undocumented immigrants, officials said.
The DSHS, which oversees Medicaid, said it has since improved policies for tracking improper spending. The federal audit should clear up any other policy misunderstandings, the department wrote.
State auditors also reviewed the department's policy for sex-change surgeries, some breast surgeries, and other potentially "elective" procedures. State Medicaid officials said they had paid more than $110,000 for two gender-reassignment surgeries since 2000, and about $12,600 for corrective surgery after a sex-change operation performed in another country.
The agency has since started to deny requests for sex-change surgeries, saying in a statement that it found "other therapies were equally effective, less costly and incur less risk."
Three people have appealed such denials, and the cases are not yet resolved. Three others have placed initial requests for Medicaid coverage of the surgeries, the state said.
Sonntag noted that the latest audit was much smoother to perform than the previous review, which was not completed after auditors said state officials were not cooperating.
"It's not a fight this time, and we both want to be able to look to the feds for some resolution, and I think that's going to happen," he said.
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On the Net:
Auditor: http://www.sao.wa.gov
State Medicaid agency: http://fortress.wa.gov/dshs/maa/index.html
Thanks very much for the information! I shudder to think what I'll find when I go looking for the Michigan information.
From the Evergreen Freedom Foundation web site:
2006 PRESS RELEASES
April 27, 2006
$1 Billion in Medicaid Expenses Questioned by the State Auditor
DSHS continues to be plagued by repeat audit findings
OLYMPIAThe State Auditor issued 28 audit findings today concerning the state's administration of the $6.2 billion Medicaid program (state and federal funds). These findings lead State Auditor's Office (SAO) to question nearly $1 billion in costs for the program; 16 percent of all dollars spent.
The auditor also issued 21 audit findings against the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS). This follows last year's audits in which the State Auditor issued 19 findings against DSHS (14 of which have not been resolved) and 22 audit findings in the state's Medicaid program (18 of which have not been resolved).
Bob Williams, President of the Evergreen Freedom Foundation, released the following comments in response:
"Any repeat audit finding is unacceptable, let alone the news that a majority of the problems identified last year have not been corrected. State officials' failure to follow the law has potentially led to $1 billion in consequences for taxpayers.
"Taxpayers and those individuals actually eligible for assistance pay the price when state officials refuse to enforce eligibility requirements.
"Until the legislature and governor ensure strict consequences exist for state agencies violating the law, we will continue to see year after year of the same audit problems and countless waste of taxpayer dollars.
"As noted by the State Auditor, 'Lack of compliance with federal regulations could jeopardize future federal funding.' This could mean the loss of billions of dollars."
Additional Information
SAO Audit Executive Summary
Medicaid Audit
DSHS Audit
(2005) DSHS fails $6.1 billion Medicaid audit
http://www.effwa.org/main/article.php?article_id=1547&number=56
From soundpolitics.com re WA State:
April 16, 2006
Mrs. Gregoire promotes entitlements for illegal immigrants
Mrs. Gregoire1 objects to a new federal law that would require Medicaid recipients to document citizenship or legal immigration status, the New York Times reports: "Medicaid Hurdle for Immigrants May Hurt Others"
"This provision is misguided and will serve as a barrier to health care for otherwise eligible United States citizens," said [Mrs.] Gregoire of Washington, a Democrat.
Ms. Gregoire said the provision would cause hardship for many older African-Americans who never received birth certificates and for homeless people who did not have ready access to family records.
The article is full of similar dire predictions. But there is exactly one quote based on actual experience:
In Georgia, Medicaid officials began enforcing a similar requirement in January. Dr. Rhonda M. Medows, commissioner of the state's Department of Community Health, said it had not caused serious problems.
One gets the impression that those who advocate for unlimited entitlements to illegal immigrants simply view them as just another bloc of constituents.
hat tip: reader J.W.
1 Joni Balter has never retracted her incorrect report that
State election officials are not aware of a single documented instance where a non-citizen voted in the governor's race.
Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at April 16, 2006 11:27 AM |
Comments:
Gregoire's "career" was built on Fraud. New opportunities for political corruption can only help further her fraudulent occupation of an office to which she was not elected.
Posted by: GregoireNotGov on April 16, 2006 12:27 PM
1 If I went to Asia, Europe, or Latin America and demanded their governments to pay for my healthcare, they would laugh at me and deport me.
2 Gregoire is being her normal goofy self, but what do you expect from someone who mismanaged the AG's office for 12 years?
3 Since to qualify for medicaid or medicare, you need to have a social security card, there is already a paper trail
4 There are other valid records than passports
5 If you did not get a birth certificate, there baptism certificates, military records, driver's licensees, social security records, BIA records, et al.
6 Let's see how many individuals there are without standard documents, before we say the rule is impossible to enforce
7 Just like Jim McDermott fights for our parents who get caught in the Medicare/caid Catch 22 form letters, McDermott and the other Representatives will fight on this issue also.
8 Gregoire's been drinking Ron Sims Sound Transit punch.
9 There are probably not that many individuals in the worse case scenario
10 If Greg Nickels has time to fine residents for not properly sorting their garbage/recyclables, he has time to help valid citizens/residents produce suitable alternative documentation
11 Enuff said
Posted by: Green Lake Mark on April 16, 2006 12:43 PM
http://www.soundpolitics.com/archives/006044.html
It's true, but let's not forget the Rat legislature that passed that bill in the first place. Like I said, this state rolls out the red carpet for illegals.
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