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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: paret who wrote (31746)	5/16/2005 10:21:13 AM
From: AuBug	Respond to of 93284

F.B.I. Said to Misuse Funds for Health Fraud Cases by ROBERT PEAR WASHINGTON, May 15 - Money earmarked by Congress for investigating health care fraud appears to have been shifted improperly to other purposes, like fighting terrorism, Congressional auditors say in a new report. The report, to be issued this week by the Government Accountability Office, says health care cases got short shrift from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, which was supposed to use the money exclusively to investigate fraud against Medicare, Medicaid and other health programs. The money came from an account in the Medicare trust fund. The bureau was unable to show that it had used the money for the intended purpose, the report said, noting that F.B.I. agents "previously devoted to health care fraud investigations were shifted to counterterrorism activities" in the last three years. Moreover, it said, the bureau "was unable to track overall costs related to health care fraud investigations." As a result, it said, the bureau and taxpayers had "minimal assurance" that all the money - $114 million a year - was properly spent. Senator Charles E. Grassley, Republican of Iowa, who requested the study, said, "It's inexcusable that the government cannot account for millions of dollars set aside to fight health care fraud." Mr. Grassley, the chairman of the Finance Committee, which has authority over Medicare and Medicaid, said the F.B.I. and its parent agency, the Justice Department, "have an obligation to taxpayers to make sure that money directed to fighting health care fraud is, in fact, used to fight health care fraud." ... nytimes.com The FBI demonstrated gross negligence prior to 9/11 and has accomplished nothing since. Now they need to misappropriate taxpayer money to squander it on wild goose chases instead of using it to help Americans get the healthcare they deserve.

To: paret who wrote (31746)	5/16/2005 5:42:30 PM
From: Raymond Duray	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

You are a sick puke, paret. McDermott was doing what any decent American ought to do. He was exposing the rotten hypocritical core of the Republican-Fascist Party to the light of day. And you can't stand this, can you, you worm? Crawl back into your dung heap, you loser.