easyt65
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- Aug 4, 2015
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Incompetence, fraud, waste, and abuse within the ACA and this administration in running Obama's 'legacy' legislation / program is almost beyond words.....the 'albatross' around his neck grows heavier.
GAO: Obamacare gave subsidies to 11 of 12 fictitious applicants - Hot Air
"The most embarrassing part of the GAO report is how poorly CMS did detecting outright fraud. GAO created 12 fictitious applicants who filled out phone or online applications for subsidized health plans. It was able to secure $2,500 a month subsidies for 11 of those applicants. When CMS asked for documents to resolve inconsistencies in the files, GAO either sent fake documents or simply didn’t send anything. In both cases, CMS sent letters acknowledging receipt of documents and stating the matter had been resolved. Again, this was the case even when GAO had sent nothing in response to the initial CMS query. In the end, GAO was able to keep all 11 fictitious applicants on subsidies throughout 2014, each one directing about $30,000 in federal funds to an insurer under false pretenses. And it’s worth noting that, later on in the report, GAO makes clear it created this fake applicants with no prior or inside knowledge of any verification procedures that might be applied. This was something that anyone could have done."
'It won't cost a dime.'
'It will pay for itself.'
CMS paid $68 million in subsidies to people who claimed they were not in prison..... It cost a helluva lot more than 'a dime', and that is only the expense of the fraud/waste/abuse in THIS case. OBAMAcare might just go down as the WORST government-run program evuh, rammed through into law against the majority will of the people and has OBAMA's name on it.
...nice.
GAO: Obamacare gave subsidies to 11 of 12 fictitious applicants - Hot Air
"The most embarrassing part of the GAO report is how poorly CMS did detecting outright fraud. GAO created 12 fictitious applicants who filled out phone or online applications for subsidized health plans. It was able to secure $2,500 a month subsidies for 11 of those applicants. When CMS asked for documents to resolve inconsistencies in the files, GAO either sent fake documents or simply didn’t send anything. In both cases, CMS sent letters acknowledging receipt of documents and stating the matter had been resolved. Again, this was the case even when GAO had sent nothing in response to the initial CMS query. In the end, GAO was able to keep all 11 fictitious applicants on subsidies throughout 2014, each one directing about $30,000 in federal funds to an insurer under false pretenses. And it’s worth noting that, later on in the report, GAO makes clear it created this fake applicants with no prior or inside knowledge of any verification procedures that might be applied. This was something that anyone could have done."
'It won't cost a dime.'
'It will pay for itself.'
CMS paid $68 million in subsidies to people who claimed they were not in prison..... It cost a helluva lot more than 'a dime', and that is only the expense of the fraud/waste/abuse in THIS case. OBAMAcare might just go down as the WORST government-run program evuh, rammed through into law against the majority will of the people and has OBAMA's name on it.
...nice.
