How the $12 Million Illinois Medicaid Gave to Dead People Hurt This Family

Sept. 1, 2016
Most of us know stories of wasted taxpayer dollars. Today Melissa Quinn has a doozy: It's about a boy whose parents had to scrape to get his medicine because Medicaid was sending money to dead people. In Virginia, lawmakers go to court to stop the governor from letting felons vote. Hans von Spakovsky analyzes. Plus: Andy Koenig on why Congress should stop cronyism, Scott Erickson on the president's failure to start "Blue Alerts," and Beverly Hallberg on getting through to a liberal on income inequality.
News How the $12 Million Illinois Medicaid Gave to Dead People Hurt This Family "The devastating truth of waste, fraud, and abuse is it impacts the most vulnerable," says Josh Archambault, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Government Accountability. The Chalkey family, pictured, is among those affected. Read More
Commentary In Historic Move, Virginia Legislators File Contempt Motion Against McAuliffe Over Felon Voting This motion for contempt follows Gov. Terry McAuliffe's Aug. 22 press conference in which he announced that he had again restored the voting rights of 13,000 felons who had registered to vote. Read More
Commentary 3 Reasons Congress Can Defeat Corporate Welfare This Fall Last December, lobbyists successfully resurrected one of their favorite corporate cash cows: the Export-Import Bank, a government agency dedicated to subsidizing wealthy and well-connected businesses at the taxpayers' expense. Read More
Commentary Obama Administration Still Hasn't Implemented Alert System to Protect Police, 15 Months After It Passed Congress While the Obama administration dithers on getting the Blue Alert system in place and active, more and more police officers find themselves at risk and the target of an emboldened criminal element. Read More
Commentary Use These 3 Strategies to Talk to a Liberal About Income Inequality Those who cry out against the existence of "income inequality" are seen as selfish and uncaring. Here are some tips to change that. Read More
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