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Tag: Payola

Michigan Medicaid Money Laundering?

By JGillman, Section News
Posted on Wed Sep 18, 2013 at 12:38:26 PM EST
Tags: Medicaid, Big Government, Cronyism, Payoffs, Chicago Way, Michigan, Illinois, Complicity, Bids, Payola, Parties (all tags)

Already the game is afoot.

The National Review has an interesting piece that raises some questions about our own accountability trail with regard to purchasing large systems, and awarding contracts. Apparently Michigan is being used to circumvent Illinois' tougher bid process and timeline for the purpose of Medicaid processing. According to Illinois officials:

" "Illinois has an intergovernmental agreement with the state of Michigan and CNSI is one of Michigan's vendors," Jakubek wrote in an e-mail. "Communication with MI and the entire project team is ethical and necessary to work on this project."

Except that competitive and oversight clauses are absent with this type of government to government agreement.

Read the entire story.

The 'whistle-blowing' sources will be protected, as the reporters are legit.

Right?

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The Poison & The Pen

By JGillman, Section News
Posted on Mon Sep 16, 2013 at 11:43:41 AM EST
Tags: Medicaid, Expansion, Michigan, Rick Snyder, Poison, Obamacare, John Dingell, Matt Lori, Roger Kahn, Progressives, Cronyism, Payola (all tags)

Inflicting maximum casualties on our health services institutions, and assisting the federal administration on its path toward single payer (Government alone) insurance.

This picture courtesy of Joan Fabiano of Grassroots in Michigan