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Originally Posted by billethkid
I would want to be on board as a budget consultant assigned to Medicare and all it's finances.
I would work on a basis of being paid 1% of the REAL savings generated as a result of my analysis and cost reduction proposals.
I would have to have omnipotent authority to implement the proposals.
These are typical parameters for consultations who take contingent type assignments. I know, I have been there in corporate America.
However we all know that would never be allowed to happen in a political environment. As a result, there would be no savings. Hence just dreaming or talking out loud. Plus I would draw too much attention as I became the wealthiest individual on the government payrolls.
btk
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No doubt about it! And no offense, don't take it personally please. But you would not have to be a financial genius to do it either. As a journalist, I did a story in the Clinton days, on Medicare fraud after the sweeping knee-jerk welfare reform.
While some of the changes were beneficial, so much more was needed. With just common sense a better solution could have come about. One example was this unbelievable but true story. There were people in a small coal mining county in east Tennessee operating Medicare/Medicaid taxi services.
They actually had a fleet of Lincoln Towncars they used, their business name painted elaborately on the sides, to transport Medicare and Medicaid recepients to and from doctors appointments, to the drug store, shopping etc. And this company was getting reimbursed very, very genersoulsy by us, the taxpayers.
The local state run Appalachian iniative program knew about it and when I interviewed some officials about the practice, I discovered the head of the agency was related to the owner of the Lincoln Towncar taxi service.
It happens all the time, in places all over the US. When you are spending other people's money, you just aren't as careful with it.