Posted on 09/07/2019 7:53:42 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
The proof is in the pudding, as they say. In other words, if you want to see the "competency" and "efficiency" of leftists at work, look to Illinois. Among a myriad of state-wide problems created by leftist ideology, a new report from the U.S. Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General uncovered that Illinois spent at least $4.6 million between 2015 and 2017 on people who are already dead.
Those uninitiated in the utter lack of competency among leftists may wonder how this could ever happen. How does the state spend money on dead people? Well, ABC 20 out of Springfield, Ill., explains it this way:
Here's how it works: managed care organizations provide health care to Medicaid patients in exchange for monthly "capitation" payments from the state. "This means they pay a specific amount at a regular interval for that person, depending on their age, gender, and disease states," Petersburg Pharmacy owner Dave Bagot said. "And what happened was they continued making these payments for these folks after they had passed away."
ABC 20's article makes the obvious point that "Some believe now other areas of Illinois Medicaid need to be looked into."
True. Although I would make a minor edit, changing "other areas" to "all areas." The thing is, considering that the Office of Inspector General is demanding that the state pay back the roughly $3.2 million in federal dollars that went towards Medicaid payments for dead people, looking into other areas of Illinois Medicaid could end up being quite costly for Illinois taxpayers.
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So what if they’re dead! If they voted, they should get benefits.
Unless equal amounts went to Republicans and Democrats, no one will be prosecuted for this, much less go to jail.
“Hey! Mistakes were made, okay?
Can’t we just call it a ‘Rounding Error’ and move on?
It’s worked before.”
How many times did they vote?
So this is how they paid them to vote.
They worked very hard voting early and often. How do you think Hillary wan the popular vote?
hospitals and doctors take a huge hit with medicaid/medicare patients....the govt does not pay the cost of care....so in actuality, although its wrong, 4.5million is probably the break even point...
Wasn’t there a movie with a kid saying he sees dead people voting everywhere? It worked for JFK against Nixon.
Then the managed care organizations need to pay it all back. Every last dime. Otherwise, indict, try, convict and jail the carers.
I feel dead inside but I’m getting better can i get some sympathy
Cash
How many times did they vote?
In Chicago, they vote early and often.
lol
And what happened was they continued making these payments for these folks after they had passed away.”..
Well to be fair, death is a pretty serious illness and likely costs a lot to treat...
At least they can claim that those patients aren’t getting any worse.
“And what happened was they continued making these payments for these folks after they had passed away.”
One might almost think that behavior like this would be criminal. Someone cashed those checks.
L
“He alive! Alive!” Ahh, never mind. The good news is he can still vote. Give five.
Just a guess, but I suspect that some of that money ended up as political contributions to Democrats
Every election...
Perhaps they’re just mostly dead. And mostly dead is a little alive.
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