by Jane Richey | Jul 5, 2012 | Uncategorized
According to the Government Accountability Office (GAO), “little is known” about whether nearly three dozen federal jobs programs for the disabled are actually helping people find work, including programs designed to help disabled veterans. “Little is known about the...
by Jane Richey | Jun 27, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
Members of the Senate and House today requested a Government Accountability Office study of the anti-fraud audits conducted by the Medicare program to identify and eliminate fraud and improper payments. Private contractors play an important role in Medicare’s fraud...
by Jane Richey | Jun 15, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
The Internal Revenue Service is expected to use $881 million of taxpayers’ money to implement the first four years of Obamacare, including about $500 million that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) diverted to the agency, according to a federal audit....
by Jane Richey | May 21, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
States are exploiting a loophole in the federal welfare reform law enacted in 1996 in order to meet the state spending requirements to get a full dose federal welfare funds, Rep. Geoff Davis, chairman of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Human Resources....
by Jane Richey | May 17, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
In the last four years, there was a 6-fold increase in the number of Americans over 55 who had been unemployed for 6 months or longer, a federal auditor told CNSNews.com. With this increasing number of older workers experiencing long-term unemployment, concerns are...
