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No one has ever checked whether folks getting government employee insurance qualify...
Posted on 2/28/24 at 6:20 pm
Posted on 2/28/24 at 6:20 pm
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The Office of Personnel Management, which oversees health insurance for 8 million federal workers and their families at a cost of more than $60 billion a year, has never checked the eligibility of those on its rolls, according to a report from the Government Accountability Office, which has been pushing OPM for years to improve its oversight. And that failure is costing taxpayers billions and raising premiums for millions of civil servants.
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For 12 years, a Department of Transportation employee fraudulently enrolled his sister and niece on his federal health benefits plan. He claimed the two were his wife and stepchild.
An equipment repair worker at an Army facility in Alabama kept an ex-wife covered for 14 years, and was caught only when he tried to add his new wife. And at the Department of Justice, an employee added a friend and her friend’s four children, asserting they were her family members.
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Despite prodding from the GAO, the agency has no plans to conduct an audit because it said it would be too expensive. The agency relies on more than 160 government employing offices and more than 70 contracts with health insurance carriers to enroll and verify the eligibility of Federal Employees Health Benefits Program members.
That means the $120 million audit would come out of OPM’s budget while the savings accrue to enrolling agencies, according to OPM.
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This post was edited on 2/28/24 at 6:21 pm
Posted on 2/28/24 at 6:23 pm to Cell of Awareness
The GAO just hates minorities and poor people. Right?
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checked the eligibility of those on its rolls
Posted on 2/28/24 at 6:23 pm to Cell of Awareness
No oversight? No surprise.
Posted on 2/28/24 at 6:27 pm to Cell of Awareness
this whole article reads like an advertisement to commit more fraud
Posted on 2/28/24 at 6:27 pm to Cell of Awareness
I don’t understand why they’re so concerned now. They have all these illegals getting VA healthcare services. Veterans (that served this country) wait long enough for an appointment, now this.
Posted on 2/28/24 at 6:33 pm to Cell of Awareness
Your tax dollars at waste.
Posted on 2/28/24 at 6:36 pm to Cell of Awareness
Every cent of government money is an opportunity for fraud. I'd venture to guess over 50% of federal funds are wasted by fraud. But then again, there will never be an audit to prove that so...
Posted on 2/28/24 at 6:37 pm to GruntbyAssociation
Grunt, this has been going on for decades. But, to make you feel better, they don't actually give a shite, and never have. BOHICA.
Posted on 2/28/24 at 6:38 pm to GCTigahs
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here will never be an audit to prove that
To make you more depressed, fraud has been repeatedly proven in OAG audits. Nobody cares.
Posted on 2/28/24 at 7:20 pm to Cell of Awareness
Yeah the government sucks. It’s full of waste and shite workers.
Posted on 2/28/24 at 7:34 pm to Cell of Awareness
The only good thing is those that were on fraudulently will have to reimburse what was spent on them for services rendered during that period.
Posted on 2/28/24 at 7:36 pm to GCTigahs
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Look no further than the pentagon audits.
Even if it is audited nothing happens.
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Every cent of government money is an opportunity for fraud. I'd venture to guess over 50% of federal funds are wasted by fraud. But then again, there will never be an audit to prove that so...
Look no further than the pentagon audits.
Even if it is audited nothing happens.
Posted on 2/28/24 at 7:48 pm to LemmyLives
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Grunt, this has been going on for decades.
Someone needs to stop it, now. I know Tommy Tuberville just drew up legislation to nix it, hopefully it passes.
Posted on 2/28/24 at 8:01 pm to Cell of Awareness
How do non government insurance companies verify this? I don't recall having to do it for my family
Posted on 2/28/24 at 8:27 pm to Cell of Awareness
Can we just get fricking rid of the government?
Posted on 2/28/24 at 8:34 pm to BigJman
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Even if it is audited nothing happens.
Asking the audited to punish themselves is the height of folly.
Posted on 2/28/24 at 8:45 pm to Cell of Awareness
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The Office of Personnel Management, which oversees health insurance for 8 million federal workers and their families at a cost of more than $60 billion a year
That’s how so-called insurrections start.
Posted on 2/28/24 at 9:06 pm to Cell of Awareness
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8 million federal workers
The real tragedy.
The government, including the military, is just a jobs program.
We could do without 90 percent of them.
Posted on 2/28/24 at 10:54 pm to Cell of Awareness
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That means the $120 million audit would come out of OPM’s budget while the savings accrue to enrolling agencies, according to OPM.
If true, then the various agencies should be the ones looking into their own people to see if they are adding non-family to their plans. The actual employing agency would be able to verify eligibility a lot easier than a distant OPM.
Posted on 2/28/24 at 10:55 pm to Cell of Awareness
Ain't nothing like them gubmint bennies
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