California is the Golden State for Fraud; 18% of <i>All the Country's</i> "Home Health Care" Billing Comes from LA

California is the Golden State for Fraud; 18% of All the Country's "Home Health Care" Billing Comes from LA

Almost 20% of the country's welfare funds for "home health care" goes to 440 square miles in California.

And LA is scamming the country for billions for fake Medicare services.

Los Angeles hospice fraud reaches billions as Medicare providers scam federal system with fake companies

Medicare chief says fraudulent providers scam taxpayers with ghost patients and sham companies in scheme involving corrupt doctors
Ghost patients, sham companies, offshore owners and corrupt doctors. Auditors and prosecutors say hospice fraud in Los Angeles is off the charts, with providers scamming billions from taxpayers for patients that don't exist, poor care and no care.
"Hospice is crazy here," says Dr. Mehmet Oz, head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
"You've got hospice that's grown seven-fold in the last five years. They represent about three and a half billion dollars of fraud, we believe, just in LA County."
Backing him up was California Attorney General Rob Bonta, who said last year, "Hospice fraud has become an epidemic in California, specifically in the greater Los Angeles area."
Bonta says fraudulent providers submit false claims for unnecessary services, and recruiters get kickbacks for signing up seniors, whether they're sick or not. Hospices also enroll patients who don't even know they've been scammed until they seek out medical care.
"As a hospice owner, I could sign up everybody in this room for hospice," an LA hospice owner told us.
A whistleblower told us there's no limit on the number of hospices an individual can own, and applicants can live abroad.
"It's all just paperwork. I could fill [an application] out in Kazakhstan if I want, and get a hospice license."
He explained how the scam works:
Recruiters go to shopping centers and senior centers to sign up patients, promising them walkers, a month's supply of nutritional drinks, cash and weekly visits in exchange for a Medicare number.
Recruiters then sell that "benny" or beneficiary's Medicare number to a provider for a $1,000 to $3,000 and receive a cut for every month the senior stays on their rolls.
Hospice enrollees are supposed to have a terminal illness or life expectancy of six months or less. But frequently hospice owners treat patients like trading cards, moving them from one provider to another if they stay too long, which raises a red flag with auditors.
In the U.S., more than 50% of hospice patients die within 18 days or less. In LA, the average length of stay is more than three months, and, in many hospices, patients never die, with court records showing hospices billing the federal government for 18 months and more.
In LA, a hospice is paid by the federal government $260 a day for each day a senior is under its care.
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"A Medicare MIB number is more lucrative than a credit card," says Sheila Clark, president of the California Hospice and Palliative Care Association, referring to the 11 character code each Medicare recipient has that allows federal reimbursement. "They're human traffickers. They're trafficking beneficiaries in and out of hospices, home health."

At City Journal, a Democrat whistleblower in Minnesota affirms that the fraud is real and spectacular.

The Minnesota Department of Human Services is the state agency responsible for overseeing the programs at the heart of the scandal. Faye Bernstein has been a DHS employee for two decades, including stints working in contract management and as a compliance officer.
During the early years of Governor Tim Walz's administration, Bernstein says that she began raising concerns internally at DHS about concerning practices that exposed tax dollars to fraud. In response, Bernstein claims that her DHS supervisors retaliated against her.
In a recent interview with City Journal, Bernstein painted a picture of a toxic workplace culture at DHS that allowed Minnesota's fraud scandal to metastasize. This interview has been edited for clarity and length.
City Journal: When did your concerns about fraud begin?
Faye Bernstein: In 2018 and 2019. I had just gotten a promotion to a lead position. That meant I saw everybody's contracts from our work area [Behavioral Health Administration]. They all funneled through me. Over the years, I had often thought that DHS is sloppy. But 2018 and 2019 are when I saw, oh gosh, this is beyond normal. If we don't have fraud today, we're going to have fraud soon.
CJ: Can you give an example?
FB: I could give a contract to my sister for a million dollars because she has a different last name, pay out that contract, and nobody would notice. We did not monitor conflict of interest. It would have been easy to give a contract to a family member or to a nonexistent person. That's when I realized, this sloppiness is way beyond normal. We really are at risk of fraud.
CJ: Can you give other examples of things you saw?
FB: The reason I can confidently say that I could give a contract of this sort to my sister was because I had come across a contract that DHS had given to a former employee who had left the department within the past year. I immediately recognized her name, so I went to the person who initiated that contract and said, "What's the deal with this? I want to make sure everything's okay, that we don't have a conflict."
The person immediately went to our deputy director, who then came to me and said, "Why are you asking these questions?"
And I said, "Well, gosh, this is just a perfectly normal question."
"No, it's not. You're upsetting people. You've just made a lot of enemies by asking these questions."
It made no sense to me. We were constantly getting into risky territory. And if you spoke about it, it was very clear what would happen. Even our human resources people would tell us, "If your supervisor tells you to do something, you must do it." And when you didn't, the word "insubordination" came up. They considered it insubordinate if you resisted an unlawful direction.
CJ: Did this culture at DHS help facilitate fraud?
FB: It definitely did. Where we are today is completely predictable from where we were in 2019. There was no other way for this to go. The handwriting was on the wall. Until only about a year ago, our whistleblower policy required us to report internally; that did not comply with the law. The only reason [DHS had that policy] was so that they could find out who was reporting.

The fraud being exposed in California is INSANE

- 18% of THE WHOLE COUNTRY’S home health care billing is coming out of Los Angeles County
- One doctor billed the government $120 million in a single year claiming to oversee 1,900 patients
- With almost 2,000 hospice agencies, Los… pic.twitter.com/0mTPG1ENL2
— Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) February 1, 2026

I’m depressed that even after this massive Somali fraud was exposed by brave Nick Shirley, the feckless Senate still voted against Rand Paul’s amendment to cut $5 Billion in new refugee welfare. It would have passed with a simple majority, but 21 Republicans voted with the Dems! https://t.co/Pr3pZzPJzA
— Kelley Paul (@KelleyAshbyPaul) February 1, 2026

Posted by: Ace at 04:30 PM

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1 yay

Posted by: gnats local 678 at February 02, 2026 04:30 PM (CWTWj)

2
foist!

Posted by: naturalfake at February 02, 2026 04:32 PM (iJfKG)

3
Boooo! on gnats!

Posted by: naturalfake at February 02, 2026 04:32 PM (iJfKG)

4 mm

Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 02, 2026 04:33 PM (diia5)

5
There needs to be lotsa jail time and clawback doled out on these scamming scumbags.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 02, 2026 04:33 PM (iJfKG)

6 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at February 02, 2026 04:33 PM (LdBR/)

7 Insane.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 02, 2026 04:33 PM (zjgNU)

8 It's all one, big fucking crime syndicate.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, diseased garbage human at February 02, 2026 04:33 PM (P7vXf)

9 Bold comments from all!

Posted by: Piper at February 02, 2026 04:33 PM (Wmg4n)

10 These numbers are fucking insane.

Posted by: garrett at February 02, 2026 04:34 PM (ZcsJV)

11

That was an emphatic choice of typeface from ace

Posted by: imp at February 02, 2026 04:35 PM (g6TN6)

12 Did they lear from Minnesota how to run this scam?

Posted by: Eeyore at February 02, 2026 04:35 PM (AlhUl)

13 If you bold everything...is everything emphasized?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 02, 2026 04:35 PM (GBKbO)

14 Surprised about Bonta.

Posted by: Dark Litigator at February 02, 2026 04:35 PM (KAi1n)

15 Hey, Los Angeles is the second biggest city in the US!

I mean, there's a LOT of people there, so 18% might be appropriate!!!

9.76 million in LA County vs. 330 million in the US....

SEE! Just under 3% of the US is in LA County!! So the math works out fine!

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 02, 2026 04:36 PM (zjgNU)

16 If you bold everything...is everything emphasized?

Grasp the pebble from my hand, grasshopper.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 02, 2026 04:36 PM (Riz8t)

17 15 Hey, Los Angeles is the second biggest city in the US!

I mean, there's a LOT of people there, so 18% might be appropriate!!!

9.76 million in LA County vs. 330 million in the US....

SEE! Just under 3% of the US is in LA County!! So the math works out fine!

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 02, 2026 04:36 PM (zjgNU)

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I have been assured that blue states are net payers into the fed system.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 02, 2026 04:36 PM (GBKbO)

18 For perspective, Los Angeles County has a population between 9 and 10 million people or around 3% of the population of the United States, a rather exceptional ratio compared with the 18% of billing for home health care.

Posted by: Math! at February 02, 2026 04:37 PM (HDiIB)

19 16 If you bold everything...is everything emphasized?

Grasp the pebble from my hand, grasshopper.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 02, 2026 04:36 PM (Riz8t)

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Can't.

Waxin' on and off.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 02, 2026 04:37 PM (GBKbO)

20 Getting pretty tired of being a chump in this country.

Posted by: Cray Cray at February 02, 2026 04:37 PM (scKZz)

21 The spice must flow!

Posted by: House and Senate Guild Navigators at February 02, 2026 04:37 PM (PH3st)

22 Ole Fay Bernsteiner better watch her cornhole

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at February 02, 2026 04:38 PM (NtVYv)

23 So we've (Mrs and I) have two elderly parents, diagnosed with vascular and Lewy Body dementia, and their care is literally draining our retirement (Mrs has cancer), and we can't get a goddamn dime.

This topic does little to improve my BP...

Posted by: man at February 02, 2026 04:38 PM (XuXeR)

24 i find it hard to believe that there would be any fraud when billions of dollars are being handed out to people you wouldn't trust to give you correct change for a dollar by people who couldn't clean your cat's litter box without getting crap all over the floor

Posted by: gnats local 678 at February 02, 2026 04:38 PM (CWTWj)

25 The one doctor who billed 120 billion, was he Somalian?

Posted by: Eeyore at February 02, 2026 04:38 PM (AlhUl)

26 Here’s a link to the vote. Look at the Nays. It’s all the usual suspects but even Thune voted against it.

https://tinyurl.com/2y8kdt9p

Posted by: Vengeance at February 02, 2026 04:39 PM (hcEyG)

27 Getting pretty tired of being a chump in this country."

This. I'm not very charitable these days.

Posted by: man at February 02, 2026 04:39 PM (XuXeR)

28 25 The one doctor who billed 120 billion, was he Somalian?
Posted by: Eeyore at February 02, 2026 04:38 PM (AlhUl)

Dr. Oz was there last week and uncovered some fraud.. If this is part it was Armenians...

Posted by: It's me donna at February 02, 2026 04:40 PM (VE6XX)

29 And I'm supposed to pay my taxes. FUCK.

Posted by: Tom at February 02, 2026 04:40 PM (VLKxK)

30
As a Californian, I want this state shut down. We can live off nuts and berries and learn to dig wells.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 02, 2026 04:40 PM (FdUab)

31 Only because 18% of the medical community billing agents are located there.

/That was easy.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 02, 2026 04:41 PM (/lPRQ)

32 but what about the epstein files!! inquiring minds want to walz!

Posted by: gnats local 678 at February 02, 2026 04:41 PM (CWTWj)

33 But when American citizens were spending the winter in tents due to a once in 500 years flood, there was no money to help them ....

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 02, 2026 04:41 PM (RmCBS)

34 And I'm supposed to pay my taxes. FUCK."

Yeah. I'm about .0002 of a second from "come get some"

Posted by: man at February 02, 2026 04:41 PM (XuXeR)

35 It would have passed with a simple majority, but 21 Republicans voted with the Dems!

>>>>

And the only reason it was ONLY 21 is because that was how many were needed to pass it.

Our rulers make sure the money train keeps going and the GOP is all in on it. If they needed 100 Republicans to pass it, that's how many would have voted for it.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 02, 2026 04:41 PM (zjgNU)

36 Steiner's not here man.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 02, 2026 04:41 PM (Kt19C)

37 It’s just Monopoly money at this point.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 02, 2026 04:41 PM (W2Pud)

38 33 But when American citizens were spending the winter in tents due to a once in 500 years flood, there was no money to help them ....
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 02, 2026 04:41 PM (RmCBS)

Of course not they were potential Trump voters

Posted by: It's me donna at February 02, 2026 04:42 PM (VE6XX)

39 Billing Comes from LA

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AKA Ciudad de México Norte

Posted by: ShainS at February 02, 2026 04:42 PM (f0WMI)

40 Medicare for all will surely take care of fraud.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 02, 2026 04:42 PM (Cqx++)

41
Surprised about Bonta.
Posted by: Dark Litigator at February 02, 2026 04:35 PM (KAi1n)

Nah. He sees the writing on the wall, and he probably has his fingers in a lot of pies, just like every other Donk commie cocksucker.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 02, 2026 04:43 PM (y9nCu)

42 At City Journal, a Democrat whistleblower in Minnesota affirms that the fraud is real and spectacular.

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And wholly unexpected!

Posted by: ShainS at February 02, 2026 04:43 PM (f0WMI)

43 Getting pretty tired of being a chump in this country."

This. I'm not very charitable these days.
Posted by: man at February 02, 2026 04:39 PM (XuXeR)

It's a significant sign of civilizational decline.

Once people think the game is rigged, they stop playing honestly.

You don't want to live in a country like that. (But we'll all get to experience it anyway!)

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 02, 2026 04:43 PM (zjgNU)

44 I figure the fraud in California will make the Minnesota fraud look downright insignificant in comparison.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 02, 2026 04:44 PM (jtM2q)

45
Saw "Send Help" today.

You could've written this movie yourself. Zero surprises involved.

Scumbag, dumb, arrogant white guy - Check!

Abused but super smart nerd girl who becomes girl boss- Check!

Weiner and beans threatened with removal - check!

Girl boss proves to be vengeful psycho- check!

Girl kills scumbag white guy and goes onto great life? - what do you think?

This may have looked great on paper 5 years ago when first entering production during the Biden Mistake, but now it just looks old and tired.

Though Sam Raimi makes this about as entertaining as he can. Lots of fun splatstick ala Raimi.

But, really really tired worn out tropes make this a bit of a chore to sit through.

Wait for cable.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 02, 2026 04:44 PM (iJfKG)

46 Thanks for the NOOD, y'all.

Posted by: Bulg at February 02, 2026 04:44 PM (77rzZ)

47
Attorney General Rob Bonta, who said last year, "Hospice fraud has become an epidemic in California, specifically in the greater Los Angeles area."

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Remind me again what Bonta does for a living?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 02, 2026 04:44 PM (FdUab)

48 So would our national debt be minuscule if we didn't have all this fraud, or is our national debt not even calculating the fraud and the house of cards should have dropped long ago?

Posted by: Cray Cray at February 02, 2026 04:45 PM (QpHLI)

49 > Getting pretty tired of being a chump in this country.
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Imagine being a taxpayer right now... looking at how much you're going to be writing a check to the IRS for.

Like me.

I'm fucking livid.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 02, 2026 04:45 PM (jtM2q)

50 "It would have passed with a simple majority, but 21 Republicans voted with the Dems!"

and that right there is the root of our problems.

same crap they pulled during PDT's first administration.
voting in favor of the enemy.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 02, 2026 04:45 PM (Cjt/F)

51 Every once in awhile I get a spam call from the LA area code. When I look up the number, it's some chinese motherfucker calling from a home health care listing with all the ching chong alphabet names.

Posted by: The Dalai Lama, a closeted homosexual at February 02, 2026 04:45 PM (IKhxE)

52 I guess we know who the Republicans are who are also in on the scheme.

Posted by: Black JEM at February 02, 2026 04:46 PM (GZYu7)

53 > Getting pretty tired of being a chump in this country.

Yep. If you watch a lot of court proceedings, you'll see hundreds of fat, stupid, angry losers with long lists of proceedings against them who are on disability, welfare, SNAP, and whatever other programs are out there.

We're subsidizing the worst people in society so they can go out and victimize normal people over and over again.

It's infuriating to watch these wastrels complain bitterly about how they have to spend $50 of THEIR MONEY every month on a $2200 a month apartment. Especially when they're getting kicked out of their apartment for non payment of that miniscule $50 a month.

Posted by: bonhomme at February 02, 2026 04:46 PM (Yp6az)

54 I remember years ago hearing about this from someone who worked for the federal government where American doctors would go to places like the Carribean and advertise to come to the US for "free" medical services.

All of these debates over entitlements we've ha for generations, just locking out the fraud would fix at least half the problem. But dems dont even want to do that.

Posted by: Leupold at February 02, 2026 04:46 PM (eIzlH)

55 - One doctor billed the government $120 million in a single year claiming to oversee 1,900 patients
- With almost 2,000 hospice agencies, Los Angeles County has more than 36 states combined and 30X MORE than the whole state of Florida and New York
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1) The White House really needs a rolling ticker of the amount of fraud discovered in each state.

2) It isn't easy for Medicare patients to find a competent doctor these days. Perhaps if there weren't so many health care providers on the take, the Medicare re-imbursement for law-abiding practices might be more rewarding.

Posted by: mrp at February 02, 2026 04:46 PM (rj6Yv)

56 Attorney General Rob Bonta, who said last year, "Hospice fraud has become an epidemic in California, specifically in the greater Los Angeles area."

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Remind me again what Bonta does for a living?
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Attorney General for California? Oh that's an easy one--Rob Bonta does *nothing*. Crime isn't against the law in California--Moose outside should have told you.

Posted by: Crusader at February 02, 2026 04:46 PM (TN0g+)

57 45
Saw "Send Help" today.

You could've written this movie yourself. Zero surprises involved.

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Was thinking about seeing it based on the RLM review I saw so far. Appreciate the heads up.

Posted by: Cray Cray at February 02, 2026 04:46 PM (QpHLI)

58 I guess we know who the Republicans are who are also in on the scheme.
Posted by: Black JEM at February 02, 2026 04:46 PM (GZYu7)

Per my previous comment, no we don't.

Because they all are, but they only needed 21 to pass it. The rest got to stay camouflaged.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 02, 2026 04:47 PM (zjgNU)

59 Only makes sense the biggest Leftist state will have the biggest fraud and looting in the country.

Posted by: Skip at February 02, 2026 04:47 PM (Ia/+0)

60 'Backing him up was California Attorney General Rob Bonta, who said last year, "Hospice fraud has become an epidemic in California, specifically in the greater Los Angeles area."'

If only there was someone in power, maybe some sort of high-powered attorney, that could sue for over sight of these fraudsters and the bureaucrats that enable it. I dunno, maybe they can have a title, something silly like 'General'. They could work with law enforcement to uncover bribes, kickbacks, etc. Oh well, guess our hands are tied here.

Posted by: Croaker at February 02, 2026 04:47 PM (AUB4U)

61 Evidently, signing up for CA hospice care is a gold ticket for immortality.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at February 02, 2026 04:47 PM (wBaIH)

62 And today is supposedly the State of the City speech by commie Karen Bass. lol! I bet she ignores the fraud news.

Posted by: Random PJ at February 02, 2026 04:47 PM (+jscL)

63 24, eloquently said, gnats!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 02, 2026 04:48 PM (Cjt/F)

64
The only way to stop this fraud is too raise taxes.

Posted by: Gavin Newsom at February 02, 2026 04:48 PM (OgWfa)

65 Bring back drawing and quartering.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 02, 2026 04:48 PM (jc0TO)

66
It’s time to arrest these fraudsters.

But that would be racist.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 02, 2026 04:48 PM (Cqx++)

67 I'm beginning to understand why the Democrat party is still viable. Paying for votes at the expense of the country. They are nothing but a criminal enterprise. Hanging is to good for them.

Posted by: Case at February 02, 2026 04:48 PM (E7+ue)

68 Everyone we're going to need you to work even harder, your government needs to give the scammers need more money

Posted by: Tom at February 02, 2026 04:48 PM (VLKxK)

69 California itself is a scam, from the beginning.

"Hey, Pres. Polk. I just conquered this huge territory for you. Leave $200,000 in small, unmarked bills under a cactus in Palo Alto to be identified later, or you'll buy it less than six months after leaving the Presidency."
-- John C. Fremont

Posted by: Bulg at February 02, 2026 04:49 PM (77rzZ)

70 The point of government is this graft. That's why it is everywhere you look. And why fedgov spends $7T/year to do less then it did when the budget was $2T.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 02, 2026 04:49 PM (sKqQm)

71 What's the plan for weathering the D blowout in November? The Dems were certainly paying for it.

Posted by: gKWVE at February 02, 2026 04:49 PM (gKWVE)

72 The only way to stop this fraud is too raise taxes.
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Yes, and punish those who report the fraud as well.

Posted by: The Left...And Most of "Our" GOP too at February 02, 2026 04:50 PM (TN0g+)

73
Weird But True
Hospital evacuated after 8-inch WWI artillery shell discovered in patient’s butt
By Ben Cost
Published Feb. 2, 2026, 11:52 a.m. ET

NYPost
https://tinyurl.com/mrnec5yp

Posted by: Don Black at February 02, 2026 04:50 PM (ZxPkt)

74 All of these debates over entitlements we've ha for generations, just locking out the fraud would fix at least half the problem. But dems dont even want to do that.

Because the amount of money they could grift off of traditional graft was much lower. That's why immigration because such an important issue for the left.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 02, 2026 04:50 PM (sKqQm)

75 "They represent about three and a half billion dollars of fraud, we believe, just in LA County.""

*sigh*

Posted by: Guy who always says "Nothing will happen" and is usually right at February 02, 2026 04:51 PM (vFG9F)

76 I'm beginning to understand why the Democrat party is still viable. Paying for votes at the expense of the country. They are nothing but a criminal enterprise. Hanging is to good for them.

Posted by: Case at February 02, 2026 04:48 PM (E7+ue)

1000X this.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 02, 2026 04:52 PM (snZF9)

77
We've long passed the point where you question blatant criminality and their response is:

"Yeah? So what?"

Posted by: Auspex at February 02, 2026 04:52 PM (Y8DZL)

78 "Hospital evacuated after 8-inch WWI artillery shell discovered in patient’s butt
By Ben Cost"

What caliber is that?

Posted by: fd at February 02, 2026 04:52 PM (vFG9F)

79 Well, Dicksuckifornia is around 12% of the total US population, and it's exceptionally retarded, so I think 18% of the expenses for America's homebound invalids is probably within reason.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 02, 2026 04:53 PM (BI5O2)

80 "It's infuriating to watch these wastrels complain bitterly about how they have to spend $50 of THEIR MONEY every month on a $2200 a month apartment. Especially when they're getting kicked out of their apartment for non payment of that miniscule $50 a month.
Posted by: bonhomme"

It's like listening to the moochers whine about the supposed massive increase in their Obamacare payments (around $100 a month or less) They are already subsidized heavily, about 80% or more and these worthless leeches can't even pay that.

Posted by: Ripley at February 02, 2026 04:53 PM (GUOwU)

81 Think of all the south asian nurses, indian IT consultants, and mexican constuction workers all those hospices require.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 02, 2026 04:53 PM (2wNzd)

82 As I said earlier, California has already implemented socialism--paid for by us.

They have universal housing, universal income, universal health care--none of it paid for by state taxes.

All of it paid for by federal taxes.

And because some unelected, unaccountable cartel judge somewhere has said it's illegal for Trump to withhold a single red penny, we have to keep paying for it.

I don't want Trump to invoke the Insurrection Act--I want him to destroy the federal judiciary.

It only exists to enslave and destroy American citizens.

Imprison every MFing bastard and bitch that GHWB, Clinton, Obama and Biden appointed.
Including the three stupid cows that are on SCOTUS.

We can either have a free country or crawl on our bellies to appease these communists.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 02, 2026 04:53 PM (bX+qd)

83 I'll bet one day after the Constitution was ratified, people started raiding the Treasury to line their pockets

Posted by: Don Black at February 02, 2026 04:54 PM (ZxPkt)

84 I'm beginning to understand why the Democrat party is still viable. Paying for votes at the expense of the country. They are nothing but a criminal enterprise.

One question that comes up every so often is "how is the left able to get so many protestors on the streets" and the answer is they are paid to.

You go to your 9-5, they work for the government, some NGO, or are just paid to protest.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 02, 2026 04:54 PM (sKqQm)

85 All that money stolen could have gone elsewhere.

Bridges in North America Are in Worse Shape Than Anywhere Else on Earth

https://tinyurl.com/4nmyf9bd

Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at February 02, 2026 04:54 PM (h2D4l)

86 Gosh, who would have thought people handing out other people's money would start stealing it.

I know, we should give them a few more billion and do like VA does and give them all free houses. That will incentivize their honesty.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 02, 2026 04:55 PM (2wNzd)

87 Well, Dicksuckifornia is around 12% of the total US population, and it's exceptionally retarded, so I think 18% of the expenses for America's homebound invalids is probably within reason.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 02, 2026 04:53 PM (BI5O2)

That 18% is for LA County only. NOT the whole state.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 02, 2026 04:55 PM (zjgNU)

88 Can't the states that don't cheat* get together and file a suit with the Supreme Court to sue California to claw back these funds, or at least force an audit? Isn't this one of the things the Supreme Court is for, to resolve disputes between the states?

*I hope there are some that don't cheat. Or at least keep decent audit records at least.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 02, 2026 04:55 PM (Dv3i1)

89 "It was unclear how the antique ordnance ended up in the man’s posterior, but experts suspected the combustible could have been the result of a party stunt gone awry."

Man, those French folks sure know how to party.

Posted by: Don Le'Mon at February 02, 2026 04:56 PM (vFG9F)

90 For perspective, Los Angeles County has a population between 9 and 10 million people or around 3% of the population of the United States, a rather exceptional ratio compared with the 18% of billing for home health care.
Posted by: Math! at February 02, 2026 04:37 PM (HDiIB)

Nothing to see here. The other 49 states just live healthier lifestyles. More sick people per capita in LA than anywhere else.
Prove me wrong. (this may not take long)

Posted by: OneEyedJack at February 02, 2026 04:57 PM (Hx0tZ)

91 Been saying it since day 1...
the level of fraud and corruption is a direct threat to the safety and security of the Republic. It needs to be fixed, and it needs to be fixed now. If not, we are all doomed.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 02, 2026 04:57 PM (2WIwB)

92 I�m depressed that even after this massive Somali fraud was exposed by brave Nick Shirley, the feckless Senate still voted against Rand Paul�s amendment to cut $5 Billion in new refugee welfare. It would have passed with a simple majority, but 21 Republicans voted with the Dems! https://t.co/Pr3pZzPJzA

— Kelley Paul (@KelleyAshbyPaul) February 1, 2026

IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE HER HUSBAND VOTES WITH THE DEMOCRATS ALL THE TIME.

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at February 02, 2026 04:57 PM (jc0TO)

93
Like many other residents of California, I am watching to discover just how fucked I am, simply due to living here.

I don't want to move. It's a lot of work. As other taxpayers flee, as the fraud is choked off, as state government spending keeps increasing with nothing to show for it, the state is coming up with more and more outrageous proposals to plunder the remaining law-abiding taxpayers.

I'm in San Diego County, the least messed-up
metropolitan area in the state. The decay is delayed here compared to elsewhere. Just watching for now. I'm not sure that running is an answer.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 02, 2026 04:57 PM (krI25)

94 8-inch WWI artillery shell discovered in patient’s butt

In many ways isn't this also the story of barak obama?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 02, 2026 04:57 PM (Kt19C)

95 82
‘ I don't want Trump to invoke the Insurrection Act--I want him to destroy the federal judiciary.’

He can do both but it’s heartening to see someone that hates federal judges almost as much as I do.
They are uniformly and exclusively destructive.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 02, 2026 04:57 PM (Yl+j0)

96 >>>Americans ROAST Leftist Singer Billie Eilish and Point Out an Interesting Fact After She Claims “No One is Illegal on Stolen Land”

Well, that is certainly profound.
Anyway...

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 02, 2026 04:57 PM (/lPRQ)

97 I bet the companies that actually do provide the advertised services employ illegals to pay them far less than legal workers in order to save money. I can see where there would be panic in the boardrooms when ICE comes to town.

Posted by: Decaf at February 02, 2026 04:57 PM (Z8jzG)

98 "What's the plan for weathering the D blowout in November? The Dems were certainly paying for it.
Posted by: gKWVE "

If that happens I'll be more outraged at Republicans that can't be bothered to vote because gas is cheap, inflation down and the economy is improving.

Posted by: Ripley at February 02, 2026 04:58 PM (GUOwU)

99 > I don't want Trump to invoke the Insurrection Act--I want him to destroy the federal judiciary.
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This should have been his very first, and to date, only domestic focus until the judiciary was either reigned in or destroyed.

I'd opt for destroyed now. Like tomorrow.

If it's not, it will definitely be our undoing.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 02, 2026 04:59 PM (jtM2q)

100 Billie Eilish looks retarded.

Posted by: Crusader at February 02, 2026 04:59 PM (TN0g+)

101 Fraud is easily 50% of all govt spending and I think I’m Being ultra conservative with that number. Could well be 90%.

Posted by: Really?? at February 02, 2026 05:00 PM (qpQFJ)

102 If that happens I'll be more outraged at Republicans that can't be bothered to vote because gas is cheap, inflation down and the economy is improving.
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No.

Its not MY job to go see a movie, or to purchase tickets to see a sports team play. Its THEIR job to create a movie or sports team that is so compelling that I CAN'T WAIT to watch them. That's where the Republican party is. We can't wait to vote for Trump! But the rest of them? They're uninspiring, they're corrupt, they have no vision for the country, and they offer nothing to get excited about.

Posted by: Crusader at February 02, 2026 05:01 PM (TN0g+)

103 This is why most federal social programs should be shut down. Repeal all the IRS codes that allow tax free status. Repeal all the grant funders.

These people can go on line and beg for money from Americans. We pay 30% of our income for this absolute corruption!

Posted by: Random PJ at February 02, 2026 05:02 PM (+jscL)

104 > Fraud is easily 50% of all govt spending and I think I’m Being ultra conservative with that number. Could well be 90%.
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It's likely about $38 trillion. As of today.

Taxpayers should be reconsidering what their obligation is on April 15th.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 02, 2026 05:02 PM (jtM2q)

105
I'm in San Diego County, the least messed-up
metropolitan area in the state. The decay is delayed here compared to elsewhere. Just watching for now. I'm not sure that running is an answer.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 02, 2026 04:57 PM (krI25)

I fell the same way and my people are from here, going way back and the losers that voted for this crap should all go back to where they came from.
I've noticed a lot of the people in my AO that agitate for bullshit aren't from here, they move to my area from LA via some other state.
LA go home.

Posted by: CaliGirl at February 02, 2026 05:03 PM (mxcbL)

106 Heh....did you know that the Federal Government can put a lien on state owned land if the State (for example; California) fails to meet its obligations and owes in arrears?

Posted by: Orson at February 02, 2026 05:03 PM (dIske)

107 83 I'll bet one day after the Constitution was ratified, people started raiding the Treasury to line their pockets
Posted by: Don Black at February 02, 2026 04:54 PM (ZxPkt)

Until fdr there wasn’t much money to steal though.

Posted by: Really?? at February 02, 2026 05:03 PM (qpQFJ)

108 96 >>>Americans ROAST Leftist Singer Billie Eilish and Point Out an Interesting Fact After She Claims “No One is Illegal on Stolen Land”
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Roast, like over an open fire?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 02, 2026 05:03 PM (Dv3i1)

109 Fraud is easily 50% of all govt spending and I think I’m Being ultra conservative with that number. Could well be 90%.

Posted by: Really?? at February 02, 2026 05:00 PM (qpQFJ)

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What if I told you the entire National Debt with the result of fraudulently looting The Treasury?

/only half-joking

Posted by: ShainS at February 02, 2026 05:03 PM (lWgwB)

110 >>If only there was someone in power, maybe some sort of high-powered attorney, that could sue for over sight of these fraudsters and the bureaucrats that enable it. I dunno, maybe they can have a title, something silly like 'General'. They could work with law enforcement to uncover bribes, kickbacks, etc. Oh well, guess our hands are tied here.
Posted by: Croaker at February 02, 2026 04:47 PM (AUB4U)
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I'm sure this has already begun, but the greed of private sector lawyers, ironically, will help pick up any slack caused by government inaction. Claims under the False Claims Act allow whistleblowers to become "private attorneys general" and sue for false payment claims made to the government, and keep a percentage of the damages recovered. It's sort of like applying leaches to a wound. Just make sure to take them off in time and burn them when the job is complete.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at February 02, 2026 05:04 PM (bNf8H)

111 105
I'm in San Diego County, the least messed-up
metropolitan area in the state. The decay is delayed here compared to elsewhere. Just watching for now. I'm not sure that running is an answer.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 02, 2026 04:57 PM (krI25)

______________________

Last I heard there were about 15,000 Somalis down there in San Diego County.

Posted by: Orson at February 02, 2026 05:04 PM (dIske)

112 LA county proper has fewer than 4m people.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 02, 2026 05:04 PM (qGMHR)

113 "Until only about a year ago, our whistleblower policy required us to report internally; that did not comply with the law. The only reason [DHS had that policy] was so that they could find out who was reporting."

It's now crystal clear to me each and every Democrat only complies with the law when all alternatives are beyond impossible.

Posted by: Joe Biden, Ben Rhodes, and Valerie Jarrett at February 02, 2026 05:05 PM (5rh/l)

114 71 What's the plan for weathering the D blowout in November? The Dems were certainly paying for it.
Posted by: gKWVE
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Either we'll be able to clean up the courts and have the House do its job or it will be the Dems, Fort Sumpter moment.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 02, 2026 05:05 PM (JZkx/)

115 103 This is why most federal social programs should be shut down. Repeal all the IRS codes that allow tax free status. Repeal all the grant funders.
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Whoa, let's not get hasty!
- 22 GOP Reps

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 02, 2026 05:05 PM (Dv3i1)

116 The Old Testament is replete with the destruction of kingdoms. The United States will be destroyed if it does not change. The time of choosing is upon all.

Posted by: kingsman at February 02, 2026 05:05 PM (ehY6c)

117 rats - off biden rhodes valjar smelly old sock

Posted by: Gref at February 02, 2026 05:05 PM (5rh/l)

118 LA county proper has fewer than 4m people.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 02, 2026 05:04 PM (qGMHR)

LA county is 10M people.

Posted by: Really?? at February 02, 2026 05:06 PM (qpQFJ)

119 What if I told you the entire National Debt with the result of fraudulently looting The Treasury?

/only half-joking
Posted by: ShainS at February 02, 2026 05:03 PM (lWgwB)

Fraudulent looting and forever wars.

Which, tomato/tomahto.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 02, 2026 05:06 PM (dGCAG)

120 Getting pretty tired of being a chump in this country.

I hear ya, man. F it, how do we get in on this gravy train? Hell, everyone else is!

Posted by: weew at February 02, 2026 05:06 PM (oGEQA)

121 @104

>>Taxpayers should be reconsidering what their obligation is on April 15th.

Our taxes don't really pay for anything, it's simply to make the system seem legitimate.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 02, 2026 05:06 PM (qGMHR)

122 Remember:
The same cartel judges that wait up night after night by their telephone in order to always be at the ready to take the call should one, single illegal alien rapist ever be deported ....

Were no where to be found when the country was blanked with illegal and unconstitutional orders forcing you--a citizen--to wear a mask, to stay home, to shut down your business, to die alone, and to take experimental medical injections.

They ran away, in fact, while whining "nothing we can do, really. It's a biological emergency."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 02, 2026 05:06 PM (bX+qd)

123 Last I heard there were about 15,000 Somalis down there in San Diego County.
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It wouldn't surprise me anymore to find out there are more Somalians in the US than are left in Somalia.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 02, 2026 05:07 PM (Dv3i1)

124 Maybe move the Carolinians freezing to Ca. to be warmed by the wildfires. Just thinking outside the box...

Posted by: pahound at February 02, 2026 05:07 PM (eyOo6)

125 @33 -- Exactly. That's what really frosts by behind. Billions in fraud just waved away like it's no big deal, but nothing for actual citizens who are homeless after a flood/hurricane. And remember these assholes couldn't find a dime in the budget for a border wall.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at February 02, 2026 05:07 PM (XMwZJ)

126 The Old Testament is replete with the destruction of kingdoms. The United States will be destroyed if it does not change. The time of choosing is upon all.
Posted by: kingsman at February 02, 2026 05:05 PM (ehY6c)

So what you're saying is we should just Continuing Resolution the shit out of the Biden spending one more time?

-- Congress

Posted by: BurtTC at February 02, 2026 05:07 PM (dGCAG)

127 Jimmy Carter has to hold the world's record for being in hospice care. 19 months.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 02, 2026 05:08 PM (0KSrI)

128 5
There needs to be lotsa jail time and clawback doled out on these scamming scumbags.

Posted by: naturalfake
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Not enough non-corrupt prosecutors/judges to do the job.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 02, 2026 05:08 PM (XeU6L)

129 >>>Americans ROAST Leftist Singer Billie Eilish and Point Out an Interesting Fact After She Claims “No One is Illegal on Stolen Land”

Well, that is certainly profound.
Anyway...

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 02, 2026 04:57 PM (/lPRQ)

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I heard they kept saying that ICE had murdered nine people.

How many times was there outrage during the Grammys concerning the tens of thousands of Iranians recently slaughtered while peacefully protesting?

/Are those crickets I hear?

Posted by: ShainS at February 02, 2026 05:08 PM (lWgwB)

130 Update to our future: A boot stomping a human face AND a looter’s hand in that human’s pocket. Forever.

Posted by: weew at February 02, 2026 05:08 PM (oGEQA)

131 LA economy will collapse when the easy money social services grift gets pulled out from under it.
That snowballs into the Sacramento budget deficit.
Oh happy days.
They will rob the road repair money to paper over the shortfall promising to pay it back.
Meanwhile they owe the Federal government $29 billion in unemployment funds they borrowed from the Feds for covid, much robbed by fraudsters. Even death row inmates got unemployment $.
You morons that don't live here would be astonished.

Posted by: torabora at February 02, 2026 05:09 PM (KtOUo)

132 Hmmm...the state of the union could be lit this year.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at February 02, 2026 05:09 PM (XMwZJ)

133 Amazon has announced 30k layoffs with a significant portion of that in Seattle.

How is Washington responding? With a new “millionaire tax” (they’re actually calling it that) on individuals earning over $1M a year and a new employer payroll tax for any employee earning over $125k a year. That should bring the jobs back right? Lol

Seattle will be Detroit within 5 years.

Posted by: Really?? at February 02, 2026 05:09 PM (qpQFJ)

134 73.

That must be the Mark Steyn story mentioned in the morning report comments.

Posted by: Orangeent at February 02, 2026 05:09 PM (z2xIs)

135 Our taxes don't really pay for anything, it's simply to make the system seem legitimate.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 02, 2026 05:06 PM (qGMHR)

We're beyond making it seem legit.

It's about making sure you know you are a subject, and your rulers demand tribute.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 02, 2026 05:09 PM (dGCAG)

136 There needs to be lotsa jail time and clawback doled out on these scamming scumbags.
____

Brazen bull or the boats. Free to choose either.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 02, 2026 05:09 PM (Dv3i1)

137 Maybe move the Carolinians freezing to Ca. to be warmed by the wildfires. Just thinking outside the box...
Posted by: pahound
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I'd rather be frozen, besides, it's made it up into the 20's.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 02, 2026 05:10 PM (XeU6L)

138
That 18% is for LA County only. NOT the whole state.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian

===============

Nick Shirley is in San Diego this week, to my unending delight. He's got a teaser on X and I'm looking forward to a glorious 40-minute tour of tuhmanayaasha caadiga ah.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 02, 2026 05:10 PM (FdUab)

139 "If your supervisor tells you to do something, you must do it." And when you didn't, the word "insubordination" came up.

Any comment from Mark Kelly, Elissa Slotkin, Jason Crow, Chris Deluzio, Maggie Goodlander and Chrissy Houlahan with respect to their duty to decline to follow unlawful orders?

Or does this doctrine only apply to anyone who answers to Trump and/or his appointed officials?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 02, 2026 05:11 PM (9s47C)

140 Jimmy Carter has to hold the world's record for being in hospice care. 19 months.
Posted by: Ben Had at February 02, 2026 05:08 PM (0KSrI)

Just short of John McCain's funeral length.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 02, 2026 05:11 PM (dGCAG)

141 Weird But True
Hospital evacuated after 8-inch WWI artillery shell discovered in patient’s butt
By Ben Cost
Published Feb. 2, 2026, 11:52 a.m. ET

NYPost
https://tinyurl.com/mrnec5yp
Posted by: Don Black

That entire article is worth reading.

Obligatory: Million to one shot, doc!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 02, 2026 05:11 PM (J+Psw)

142 @118

>>LA county is 10M people.

The article says LA as in Los Angeles, LA has fewer than 4m people, if you want to encompass the entire ramblings LA and its environs, you could get the population up to 12m people.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 02, 2026 05:11 PM (qGMHR)

143 I’m depressed that even after this massive Somali fraud was exposed by brave Nick Shirley, the feckless Senate still voted against Rand Paul’s amendment to cut $5 Billion in new refugee welfare. It would have passed with a simple majority, but 21 Republicans voted with the Dems!

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How about making these RINOs names public so comedians can make fun of them. It's the ridicule that kills reputations.

Posted by: Decaf at February 02, 2026 05:11 PM (Z8jzG)

144 So following the Minneapolis pattern we should expect the to see ICE riots in LA/San Diego soon to distract from this.

Posted by: Really?? at February 02, 2026 05:11 PM (qpQFJ)

145 Jimmy Carter has to hold the world's record for being in hospice care. 19 months.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 02, 2026 05:08 PM (0KSrI)

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That and 19% inflation will be his greatest legacies (along with introducing the world to the words "stagflation" and "malaise").

Posted by: ShainS at February 02, 2026 05:12 PM (lWgwB)

146 How about making these RINOs names public so comedians can make fun of them. It's the ridicule that kills reputations.
Posted by: Decaf

.

Posted by: Mitch McConnell at February 02, 2026 05:12 PM (Dv3i1)

147 I was so lucky with my dad. He didn't have dementia or need specialized care and I was able to WFH during that time.

Sickening that the program meant to help people take care of elderly parents was designed by the commiecrats to just be an easy fraud to buy off their voters and donors.

Posted by: PaleRider at February 02, 2026 05:12 PM (MITTD)

148
111

Last I heard there were about 15,000 Somalis down there in San Diego County.
Posted by: Orson at February 02, 2026 05:04 PM

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I see them around very occasionally. Population here is about 3 million.

At this point, I assume that all of them are either defrauding the government or benefitting from fraud. And 90% are on welfare.

What a great community. People only notice them based on the problems they create.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 02, 2026 05:13 PM (QOikT)

149 Choose God's light and truth.
He that commits sin is of the devil, Satan sinneth from the very beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested that He might destroy the works of the devil.
Time to get right with the one who made you and me. God's truth is never suspended.

Posted by: kingsman at February 02, 2026 05:13 PM (ehY6c)

150 So if the true history of post 1990? America is ever written it will be known as the Fraud Age..

Posted by: Azjaeger at February 02, 2026 05:15 PM (i5a/D)

151 When people say El Lay they usually don’t just mean the city. It’s the entire area. Like for example, Santa Monica is not part of the city of Los Angeles but everyone considers it “LA”.

Posted by: Really?? at February 02, 2026 05:15 PM (qpQFJ)

152 Hey, I've been describing this "Home Health Care" scam here in California for MONTHS in the AoS comments. Finally I get some backup. I keep saying:Minnesota are amateurs compared to California scammers. Maybe now people will believe me.

Posted by: zombie at February 02, 2026 05:15 PM (se8lQ)

153 Take the CARES Act funding to home health and personal assistance services (PAS) provided in 2020, and the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) of 2021 funding also used provide funds to home care agencies, combine those with state budgets, Medicare Advantage programs, and Medicaid expansion.

It'll never be known how much money has been stolen since C19, and the program may never be adequately controlled.
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Since the COVID-19 pandemic, Pennsylvania has significantly increased funding for home and community-based services (HCBS) to address caregiver shortages, with total annual expenditures on agency home care exceeding $5 billion.

In 2022, one major fraud case resulted in $87 million in taxpayer funds being lost to improper billing by home care agencies.

Time and time again, billing for services not provided; "Ghost" employees and fabricated rime; kickback schemes, misuse of COVID-19 Aid and Medicaid expansion funds, and more.

It's become a part of the program.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 02, 2026 05:15 PM (NFX2v)

154 >Hmmm...the state of the union could be lit this year.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent
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I'm hoping for fistfights in the aisles
objects being thrown
Congressmen beaten over the head with chairs
a whiff of tear gas
mass hysteria

Posted by: Don Black at February 02, 2026 05:16 PM (ZxPkt)

155 118 LA county proper has fewer than 4m people.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 02, 2026 05:04 PM (qGMHR)

LA county is 10M people.

Posted by: Really?? at February 02, 2026 05:06 PM (qpQFJ)

And it appears there are 9 million disabled, 9 million single women with five kids under 6 years, 9 million homeless, 9 million kids getting three meals a day paid for by FedGov, 9 million receiving home health care paid for by FedGov, and two dozen more other 9 million-population categories getting FedGov-funded cash or goods.

And each those overlapping millions of real or made-up people have a PO Box for their mailing address. Prove me wrong!

Posted by: Gref at February 02, 2026 05:16 PM (5rh/l)

156 "During the early years of Governor Tim Walz's administration, Bernstein says that she began raising concerns internally at DHS about concerning practices that exposed tax dollars to fraud. In response, Bernstein claims that her DHS supervisors retaliated against her."

Every single government auditor should be fired and private sector companies hired in their place. Government employees are too stupid, lazy and dishonest to do these jobs.

Posted by: Oglebay at February 02, 2026 05:17 PM (2ap+5)

157 What is it that lefties always like to say..

That blue states fund the red states?

Posted by: Blanco at February 02, 2026 05:18 PM (q83gU)

158 Continued from 153.

And Workforce Investment. What a scan that's been.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 02, 2026 05:19 PM (NFX2v)

159 The point of government is this graft. That's why it is everywhere you look. And why fedgov spends $7T/year to do less then it did when the budget was $2T.

• The System is what the System Does
• The System isn't corrupt; Corruption is the System

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 02, 2026 05:20 PM (pawvM)

160 "California is the Golden State for Fraud; 18% of All the Country's "Home Health Care" Billing Comes from LA"

At some point a reasonable person has to assume that all of medicare/medicaid was intentionally set up to make fraud easy.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at February 02, 2026 05:20 PM (0N4FZ)

161 Shovel ready projects !!!

Posted by: Ben Had at February 02, 2026 05:20 PM (0KSrI)

162 And each those overlapping millions of real or made-up people have a PO Box for their mailing address. Prove me wrong!
Posted by: Gref at February 02, 2026 05:16 PM (5rh/l)

Proof is rayciss!

Posted by: BurtTC at February 02, 2026 05:20 PM (dGCAG)

163 Re state of the union -- I want Trump to just point at some asshole senator or representative, and a gaggle of security agents just come down and haul his/her ass away, never to be seen or heard from again. One can only dream...

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at February 02, 2026 05:20 PM (XMwZJ)

164 It'd be nice if some people went to jail for this.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at February 02, 2026 05:22 PM (cZRYl)

165
152 Hey, I've been describing this "Home Health Care" scam here in California for MONTHS in the AoS comments. Finally I get some backup. I keep saying:Minnesota are amateurs compared to California scammers. Maybe now people will believe me.
Posted by: zombie at February 02, 2026 05:15 PM

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I believed you. It just depresses the shit out of me, is all.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 02, 2026 05:22 PM (PbePe)

166
Every single government auditor should be fired and private sector companies hired in their place. Government employees are too stupid, lazy and dishonest to do these jobs.
Posted by: Oglebay

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With an incentive: some percentage of every fraudulent dollar identified. Paid from the state budgets. (I have a payment scheme in mind.)

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 02, 2026 05:22 PM (FdUab)

167 From Sultan Bin Sulayem to Jeffrey Epstein:

Hillary Clinton has some weird symptoms and goes to see her gynecologist. He informs her that she's pregnant.

She calls up Bill. "You asshole! I'm pregnant and it's your fault! How could you do this to me?"

Bill is quiet for a moment, then, "Who's speaking, please?"
\

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 02, 2026 05:23 PM (IG3/x)

168 >> Taxpayers should be reconsidering what their obligation is on April 15th.

Our taxes don't really pay for anything, it's simply to make the system seem legitimate.
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Horseshit.

It's been funding the fraud.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 02, 2026 05:24 PM (jtM2q)

169 Woah -

Elyria Police Fatally Shoot Armed Robbery Suspect After Chase and Hostage Situation

https://tinyurl.com/2sjyxbd4

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 02, 2026 05:24 PM (Dv3i1)

170 156 "During the early years of Governor Tim Walz's administration, Bernstein says that she began raising concerns internally at DHS about concerning practices that exposed tax dollars to fraud. In response, Bernstein claims that her DHS supervisors retaliated against her."

Every single government auditor should be fired and private sector companies hired in their place. Government employees are too stupid, lazy and dishonest to do these jobs.

Posted by: Oglebay at February 02, 2026 05:17 PM (2ap+5)

Easy-peasy. Pay auditors and investigators cash bonuses for proven fraud reported!

Won't work. Blue state legislatures will never pass such laws. And if they did, managers would soon find ways to pocket the bonuses. Defrauding FedGov and state governments has become an entrenched racket only Jesus or Vlad the Impaler can end.

Posted by: Gref at February 02, 2026 05:24 PM (5rh/l)

171 Just as a pleasant distraction, I give you Alina Hubba-Habba dressed for last weekend's big Trump-world wedding.

https://tinyurl.com/m9js3sy9

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 02, 2026 05:25 PM (1tPic)

172 Every single government auditor should be fired and private sector companies hired in their place. Government employees are too stupid, lazy and dishonest to do these jobs.

The contractors would be targets; their families and the fortunes at risk. Social outcasts. No bueno.

Outsource the auditing to some nation where the people there have no morals no empathy and no concern for human life - then provide a bounty for each case of fraud they discover.

You will see dedication like no other. None of this hand wringing. It will be totally mercenary as each of them audit these scammers into earning a late model G Wagon.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 02, 2026 05:25 PM (pawvM)

173 Taxes fund everything. The government has no money.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 02, 2026 05:25 PM (0KSrI)

174 As of mid-2025, approximately 3 million people, or about 23% of the population, were covered by Medicaid in Pennsylvania. While enrollment was over 3 million in 2025, federal funding cuts and new work requirements expected to take effect late in 2026 could potentially reduce this number by roughly 300,000, according to projections from the Governor Josh Shapiro's office.

Coverage: Over 737,000 recipients reside in rural counties.
Demographics: Covers 39% of children, 21% of adults, and 59% of nursing home residents in the state.
Upcoming Changes: Potential changes, including stricter eligibility checks every six months, could lead to a decline in total numbers.

Yay for stricter eligibility checks every six months! Doubt it'll happen.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 02, 2026 05:25 PM (NFX2v)

175 If it was Republicans accused of committing this fraud they'd be in prison before you could say "go to prison".

But since this is Democrats doing it we have to follow 'due process' which means no one will ever go to prison.

I am fed the fuck up and going Roman is the only way I see of saving whatever is left of this Republic.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at February 02, 2026 05:26 PM (cZRYl)

176 > I am fed the fuck up and going Roman is the only way I see of saving whatever is left of this Republic.
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I'm toga with ya'

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 02, 2026 05:27 PM (jtM2q)

177
With an incentive: some percentage of every fraudulent dollar identified. Paid from the state budgets. (I have a payment scheme in mind.)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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Bounty. Paid for proved fraud.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 02, 2026 05:27 PM (XeU6L)

178 Our taxes don't really pay for anything, it's simply to make the system seem legitimate.

Good. Then they won't miss it.

I could use a $70k+ annual raise.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 02, 2026 05:28 PM (pawvM)

179 @168

>>It's been funding the fraud.

It doesn't fund anything, there are magic money machines printing checks and direct depositing into accounts, 24x7x365.

The money we send to the government is "destroyed" otherwise the system would simply collapse.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 02, 2026 05:28 PM (3y+Sf)

180 With an incentive: some percentage of every fraudulent dollar identified. Paid from the state budgets. (I have a payment scheme in mind.)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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Bounty. Paid for proved fraud.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 02, 2026 05:27 PM

Per ear.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 02, 2026 05:28 PM (jc0TO)

181 Keep saying they are looting the Republic before the collapse of the debt

Posted by: Skip at February 02, 2026 05:28 PM (Ia/+0)

182 In my fevered imagination, this is how I would like Trump's SITU speech to go:

https://tinyurl.com/5n6ku2t2

Posted by: BurtTC at February 02, 2026 05:29 PM (dGCAG)

183
The NY Post story about the French loser with a WW1 artillery shell in his butt must be having problems with terminology. An 8-inch diameter shell would weigh at least 200 pounds. At one point in the article it says the projectile was an inch in diameter. Maybe it was 8 inches long. Anyway, Ordnance Butt is a sad clown, and the writer is an idiot.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 02, 2026 05:29 PM (krI25)

184 California is our spirit animal and we are working diligently to be just like them but with even more Warmth of Collectivism!! Its for YOUR OWN GOOD, SERFS!!!

Posted by: CIA Barbie & her merry band of marxists at February 02, 2026 05:30 PM (sAmhv)

185 I am fed the fuck up and going Roman is the only way I see of saving whatever is left of this Republic.

Where is our Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 02, 2026 05:30 PM (nCgQz)

186 A new graphic for the "nothing will happen" guy....

https://tinyurl.com/ytvryrjb

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 02, 2026 05:30 PM (7ULbr)

187
Per ear.
Posted by: toby928
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Hmm.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 02, 2026 05:30 PM (XeU6L)

188 Every single government auditor should be fired and private sector companies hired in their place.
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Effective accounting, audit, and examination work is relatively straight-forward. But, having the will to do it comes from leadership. Moving the job to the private sector won't change that. And so long as the government is "picking winners" in regard to selecting what private firms get to do the new work...you can see how that's going to turn out, right? "Our" GOP won't even get its votes straight to stop funding illegals. You think they're going to pick the best and the brightest to do the audit and examination work this country needs?

Posted by: Crusader, former Federal Bank Examiner at February 02, 2026 05:31 PM (TN0g+)

189 Taxpayers should be reconsidering what their obligation is on April 15th.
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Over 50% pay $0

Posted by: Really?? at February 02, 2026 05:31 PM (qpQFJ)

190 > Where is our Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 02, 2026 05:30 PM (nCgQz)

Fuck that.

Where is our Lucius Cornelius Sulla?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 02, 2026 05:31 PM (IG3/x)

191 the writer is an idiot.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug
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Day ending in 'y'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 02, 2026 05:32 PM (XeU6L)

192 and so it continues

Posted by: that guy that always thinks it's continuing at February 02, 2026 05:32 PM (y1wyK)

193 Well, at least that damn Trump won't get it!

BREAKING: Minneapolis has been nominated for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, a move that would mark the first time an entire city is put forward.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 02, 2026 05:34 PM (J+Psw)

194 NOOD

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at February 02, 2026 05:34 PM (ZOv7s)

195 NOOD.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 02, 2026 05:34 PM (0KSrI)

196 The NY Post story about the French loser with a WW1 artillery shell in his butt must be having problems with terminology. An 8-inch diameter shell would weigh at least 200 pounds. At one point in the article it says the projectile was an inch in diameter. Maybe it was 8 inches long. Anyway, Ordnance Butt is a sad clown, and the writer is an idiot.

37mm Hotchkiss / 1-pounder class (1.45" diameter)

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 02, 2026 05:35 PM (nAS9C)

197 "Little Mogadishu" in San Diego was initially, ironically, the oldest Jewish section of town (not downtown, out about 50 streets, area mostly built in the ... 1930s/40s?). It now seems a mix of Vietnamese and Mexican. Still think there are a lot of Somalis in that area. You see some at malls, and even a few at SD State.

Of course this kind of immigration/ethnic turnover is common in some areas. Boyle Heights in LA was a Jewish area, long since Mexican.

Posted by: rhomboid at February 02, 2026 05:36 PM (U/Byj)

198 It goes deeper than the fraud companies & illegals. Doctors are involved, along with hospitals & state/federal auditors.

It takes a MD order to obtain home healthcare or hospice care.

Example: Dr. Slummy Somoli writes an order for home health care for Ahib Ablamababa due to his fractured hip post op.

A social worker or RN in the hospital makes the referral for Learing Home Health Care, from a list. Family chooses. A rep from this place visits & sets it up, including equipment.

Ahib goes home via what appears to be a real transport company. Or he's flung into a car. Stay with me.

Within days, with Medicare paying (which illegals should not have except under special blue states, apparently...as you pay into this with taxes), a RN from the company visits and then recommends PT.

If a real patient vs fraud paperwork, Ahib would notice that no person has visited or contacted him & call the surgeon who wrote the order.

Instead, Medicare is billed by this imaginary company for the imaginary patient. A kick back is sent to the MD who wrote the order as well as others.

With real Medicare, hospitals are audited if a patient returns too soon after discharge. There are paper trails.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGthe reat at February 02, 2026 05:36 PM (WONhk)

199 The only thing we need to be spending money on is MORE PRISONS

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at February 02, 2026 05:38 PM (syu79)

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