“Government isn’t interested in making a profit off of people’s health care. What could go wrong?” say those in favor of socialized medicine.
Oh never mind, I can’t count that high
The Washington attorney general’s office says a state health case manager used her position to funnel money to her own family.
The Federal Way woman, Sarah Matovu, and two members of her family pleaded not guilty Thursday in King County Superior Court to charges of theft and making a false statement to Medicaid.
She worked in the Division of Developmental Disabilities in Kent and was trusted to authorize care for patients with cerebral palsy, autism and mental disabilities.
$20 says she loses her job and gets a slap on the wrist. Meanwhile, someone else sees the flaw in her plan and improves it to funnel money to their family.
“Government” may not care about making a profit – they are intrinsically not profit-directed (unless you’re talking about Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac and their precious multi-million dollars in Bonuses) and seldom do, but almost every aspect of Government DOES care about their BUDGETS and there are vast means and schemes of manipulating those, including downward pressures to reduce costs that rations and limits the actual “health-care” that is dispensed. Take a number, old people and those diagnosed with Socially un-approved diseases (obesity, etc.) get in the wait-and-die line.