Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Half of all Medicaid recipients in Illinois found not eligible.....

"You know what we need? A massive expansion of the supremely wasteful and fraud-fraught boondoggle that is Medicaid. Oh, wait. Obamacare’s already giving us that." - Poor Richard's News 
KMOV -- The early findings of an ongoing review of the Illinois Medicaid program revealed that half the people enrolled weren’t even eligible.
The state insisted it’s not that bad but Medicaid is on the federal government’s own list of programs at high risk of waste and abuse.
Now, a review of the Illinois Medicaid program confirms massive waste and fraud.
A review was ordered more than a year ago-- because of concerns about waste and abuse. So far, the state says reviewers have examined roughly 712-thousand people enrolled in Medicaid, and found that 357-thousand, or about half of them shouldn't have received benefits. After further review, the state decided that the percentage of people who didn't qualify was actually about one out of four.
"It says that we've had a system that is dysfunctional. Once people got on the rolls, there wasn't the will or the means to get them off...."
“Illinois one of the most miss-managed states in country-- lists of reasons-- findings shouldn't surprise anyone....

Just go into any local office that administers free benefits from Federal or State coffers and look at who most of  the employees are. This story should come as no surprise.

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