as to the "ho-hum" reaction, I'm livid, and I know that it is so much more widespread than we even think we know today (I do not think this stuff is a conspiracy at all)......but I think the ho-hum stuff we are seeing is that the proof will be in the pudding when we see big time public officials going to jail and major whistle-blowing exposure.
LOTS of bureaucrats and politicians from both sides of the aisle need to go to jail.
So you believe everything posted or copy/pasted on FB as long as they are your friend? Check.
Not quite sure of the monetary scope offhand, but the hospice fraud problem in California is real.
LA County has 3% of the US population.
Why is it on me to look up some outrageous number that some random dude posted on SPS?
From ChatGPT because I’m not spending hours trying to find this. Again, it’s AI so take it with a grain of salt but here’s what it found.
Population Share
Medicare Enrollment Share
with my back of the napkin math, percentage of population 65 and above is 15.7%, unless you meet a criteria, you sign up for Medicare at 65. I believe this matches your 1.4 million. Just looking at it with a different set of data to match your pointFrom ChatGPT because I’m not spending hours trying to find this. Again, it’s AI so take it with a grain of salt but here’s what it found.
Here’s how Los Angeles County’s share of U.S. population and Medicare enrollment compares with its share of U.S. home health billing (about 18 %) — to give you better context:
- Los Angeles County had an estimated ~9.76 million people in 2024.
- The total U.S. population was about 342 million in 2024.
- So Los Angeles County’s share of the U.S. population is roughly:
9.76 M ÷ 342 M ≈ 2.9 % of the total U.S. population.
That means LA County produces about ~18 % of home health billing while having under 3 % of the U.S. population — a far larger share than you’d expect based on population alone.Getting exact Medicare enrollment by county vs. national totals is trickier because up-to-date county-level Medicare totals aren’t always published in a centralized national breakdown. But we do know:
From that:
- In Los Angeles County, approximately 14.1 % of the county’s population was enrolled in Medicare (about 1.41 million people).
- Nationally, roughly ~20 % of the U.S. population is enrolled in Medicare (about 68 million beneficiaries out of ~342 million total population).
- LA County’s Medicare enrollment (~1.4 M) as a share of all Medicare beneficiaries nationwide (~68 M) would be:
1.4 M ÷ 68 M ≈ ~2 % of all U.S. Medicare beneficiaries — again much smaller than the county’s home health billing share.
80% politicians, 20% bureaucrats.
We are too busy convincing ourselves that whatever tribe we vote for is great and will fix the everything and make things awesome and that the other is the devil. While distracted with that, we miss the forest for the trees as criminals and elites loot the common man's taxes, hobnob with known child/sex traffickers, maintain the war machine, bail themselves out (for you!), and on....
I've long held the belief that if you do what it takes to get elected to a national office, you probably don't have the character to be someone I want representing me.
Absolutely remember. I knew we were in trouble when he wanted to put his picture on some of the checks.
Nothing new under the sun. More disappointing now than ever though with access to information, documented history, etc. But humans gonna human.
Ah yes, also remember it well but had forgotten that little detail. Thanks for the chuckle.
You are 100% correct on Congress. A sitting senator was CEO of a company that commited 1.7 billion dollars (in 2003 dollars) worth of Medicare fraud.
It can't change, because everyone who comes in and tries, finds out there's a reason for most of it. And the 'waste' in terms of government personnel was incredibly overstated. The government needs people to perform its functions. As far as aid to other countries? Who really knows, there.
That is some form of fraud in every level of government.Former NFL Player Convicted for $197M Medicare Fraud
A federal jury in the Middle District of Florida convicted the owner of a marketing company, and former NFL player, for his role in a yearslong scheme to bilk Medicare and the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (CHAMPVA) out of nearly $200 million by...www.justice.gov
The thieves typically don't stick around once a heist is over.
How could one county have more hospice facilities than 36 states combined unless that ratio goes along with population?
rebuttal:
You are an absolute moron if you think there is a reason for a lot of the stuff we spend.
We don't care when our politicians do unscrupulous things. That's been proven over and over again. Co-pilot (disclaimer) reminds us that grifters are everywhere.
moron