Unreal: SEIU Siphons Off Medicaid Payments From Disabled Non-Members - Guy Benson
The unholy Democrat-Big Labor alliance strikes again. But remember, it's the Left that cares deeply about the poor and disadvantaged.
Stealing from the disabled How low can a democrat go?
And now for the rest of the story:
GOP Senator Tries to Save SEIU Healthcare
GOP Senator Tries to Save SEIU Healthcare ‘Employer’
Wright was referring to documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request filed by the Mackinac Center that point to behind-the-scenes legislative efforts to keep the council operating by other means. Among the documents, emails indicate that
Sen. Roger Kahn, R-Saginaw Twp., was particularly focused on maintaining MQCCC.
The MQCCC was created in 2005 through an interlocal agreement between the Michigan Department of Community Health and the Tri-County Aging Consortium. The council kept a registry of home care providers, but its main function was to be the so-called government “employer” for some
45,000 private home care aides. Through this arrangement, these independent contractors were compelled to become dues-paying members of
SEIU Healthcare Michigan. The union has had a collective bargaining agreement with the MQCCC since 2006, collecting $6 million in annual dues from Medicaid subsidies paid to the home care providers. The council effectively runs the program for SEIU and passes the union dues from the state to the union.