Welfare fraud crackdown shifts focus to vendors
New York and other states report a rise in vendor fraud within Medicaid, including doctors pharmacists and nursing home operators, even as welfare recipients’ fraud declines. HEW estimates fraud at about 5 percent of the Medicaid budget, with projected losses nearing $900 million in 1977. Local efforts to curb fraud face concerns over possible denial of legitimate aid.
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AFDC
Massachusetts
Paula Gold
New York City
Washington State
Robert Nielson
Office of Special Investigation
Sacramento
California
Steven Andrews
Henry Friedman
Center On Social Welfare Policy and Law
Friedman
Role of the American press in public discourse
Norman Cousins argues the press should seek out important events beyond disasters and not just report catastrophes. He warns that an overemphasis on negative news dulls public energy and impedes progress. The piece urges journalism to reflect both positive developments and critical events for an informed, hopeful society.
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Norman Cousins
Saturday Review
OPEC
Great Britain
YMCA
Heaven
Hell
Senate clash over Tex advertising bill shocks freshman Lewis
In a Washington style dispute, Senate Majority Leader Nolan faced a rare rebuke as freshman H. Craig Lewis blocked his committee from advancing a tax advertising bill. Gov. Shapp's costly campaign ads for Carter drew attention, while local readers vented at PennDOT and urged citizen action. The piece notes Shapp’s $27,000 in Carter ads and questions political returns.
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Nolan
Pennsylvania
Sen
H. Craig Lewis
Lewis
Ily
State budget crisis looms as Shapp aims for tax rise
Harrisburg faces a looming fiscal crisis as Gov. Shapp pushes substantial tax increases and the General Assembly may add more. Sen. John Stauffer proposes a constitutional amendment to keep the prior year's budget in effect if a new one isn’t adopted by July 1, preventing service disruptions and payless days. The plan seeks to delay tough choices, avoid chaotic crises, and allow budgets to be debated on merit, though it would require passage in the current and next sessions and voter approval.
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Shapp
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Milton J. Shapp
General Assembly
John Stauffer
Chester
Stauffer
Assembly
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