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In an exclusive investigation, we shine a light on one of California’s largest health care initiatives: the In-Home Supportive Services Program, or IHSS.
Thus far, coverage of fraud in California has focused on alleged schemes related to unemployment insurance, hospice care, and food stamps.
IHSS pays family members and other individuals to provide home-based care for the elderly and disabled— at a cost of nearly $30 billion per year.
California offers the program through Medi-Cal, its version of Medicaid, and pays providers with a combination of federal, state, and county funds.
On the surface, IHSS presents itself as an instrument of compassion, directing billions to caregivers who help with cooking, personal care, laundry, and other daily needs inside recipients’ homes.
But a growing number of experts and critics argue that the program is rife with fraud, losing roughly an estimated $6 billion to $12 billion yearly to scammers.
Meantime, the state’s powerful home-care unions collect more than $149 million in membership dues, funneling money into the political network supporting Gavin Newsom and California Democrats.
I swear, there's just no end to CA Fraud and grift streams.....All fed monies going to CA needs to be stopped and a full accounting made before anymore fed dollars goes to CA.