California’s welfare machine is bleeding billions a year. And, as we recently reported, few programs are more troubled than the state’s $30 billion, Medi-Cal backed In-Home Supportive Services Program.
IHSS has become one of the nation’s largest fraud magnets, losing as much as $12 billion to scam artists every year. The program sounds compassionate: pay people to care for their disabled and elderly family members at home, rather than warehousing them in facilities. But the system’s design created perverse incentives that all but guarantee corruption.
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A growing cadre of whistleblowers has confirmed what the numbers suggest: IHSS is not merely plagued by accidental waste but has become a way for criminals to get rich quick.
The latest of these is a former California law-enforcement official who has…
Check your “Sent” folder in your email periodically to ensure there are no messages you didn’t send, which is a common sign that your email account has been compromised.