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Auditor faults Pennsylvania agency over fees from Medicaid-funded prescriptions

A review by Pennsylvania’s elected financial watchdog says there are shortcomings in a state agency’s oversight of fees paid to pharmacy benefit managers in the Medicaid program

The Independent UK

Behind every debacle there’s usually a consultant report. Time to investigate

Behind most policy disasters is a consultants’ report — usually a rosy one that insists all will be well. It’s time to look at the role of consultants in enabling bad policy.

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Telephone conversation between Michael McClain, Michael Madigan, Justin Cox, Heather Wier-Vaught, Craig Willert, Will Cousineau, Jessica Basham | ComEd Exhibit 112-T

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan discusses leadership assignments in a secretly-recorded meeting with members of his staff in December 2018.

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Robodebt advice would cause damage: lawyer

A senior government lawyer has told a royal commission into robodebt that independent legal advice could have led to the scheme being stopped entirely.

AAP

Lawyer ignored tribunal's robodebt finding

A government lawyer told staff they could keep using an unlawful debt collection method as long as they'd tried other ways first, a royal commission has heard.

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Welfare scandal sharpens contrasts in long-poor Mississippi

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families is supposed to help some of the poorest people, and Mississippi has long been one of the poorest states in the U.S. But a welfare misspending scandal in Republican-led Mississippi has ensnared high-profile people, including retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre

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Robodebt royal commission paints a bleak picture of a public service willing to break the law

Disturbing evidence from the robodebt royal commission shows senior public servants ignoring clear warnings the program was unlawful.

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Department 'anger' over robodebt scheme

A former Department of Social Services official has denied endorsing the robodebt process in correspondence with the ombudsman's office in 2017.

AAP

Top officials shut down robodebt criticism

A senior public servant has told the robodebt royal commission he was instructed to not "go in so hard" questioning the legality of the disastrous scheme.

AAP

Morrison was warned robodebt unlawful

Former prime minister Scott Morrison was warned the robodebt scheme would require law changes, but it was implemented anyway without any legislative tweaks.

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State of Mississippi revises lawsuit against Brett Favre

The Mississippi Department of Human Services made a new demand of up to $5 million against Favre and a university sports foundation, saying money from an anti-poverty program was improperly used to pay for a volleyball arena at the University of Southern Mississippi.

Chicago Sun-Times

Mississippi revises demands on Favre in welfare lawsuit

The Mississippi Department of Human Services is changing its demands against retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre in a lawsuit that seeks repayment of misspent welfare money

The Independent UK

Robodebt officials 'co-wrote' vital report

Human Services department officials had the opportunity to contribute to a Commonwealth Ombudsman report

AAP

Director: Mississippi does not track welfare program results

Mississippi’s scandal-plagued welfare program turns away most applicants for cash assistance

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Ex-Mississippi governor faces new subpoena in welfare case

An attorney is trying to force former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant to release text messages or other communications about the state improperly using welfare money on development of a concussion drug backed by retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre

The Independent UK

Texts: Favre also sought welfare money for football facility

New court documents show retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre texted the Mississippi governor in 2019 to ask about getting money from the state's welfare agency to build an indoor practice facility for the University of Southern Mississippi’s football team

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Royal commission must go deep into the who, how and why of the brutal robodebt

There’s a long list of former ministers who need to be made to answer for their actions, and an even longer list of bureaucrats.

The Independent UK

Millie Bobby Brown studying human services university course to learn ‘how to help young people’

University website says course will teach students how to help people ‘find solutions to challenging circumstances’

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Mississippi welfare agency ex-director faces new charges

A former Mississippi Department of Human Services director has been indicted on 20 additional felony charges

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Fierravanti-Wells opens up the weeping sore of NSW Libs’ factional warfare

Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells is leaving no one in two minds about her views of the NSW Liberal Party. What will the press gallery do?

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Minister apologises to family of disability care client Mr D, downplays malnutrition claims

South Australia's Human Services Minister Michelle Lensink says she has apologised to the family of the disability care client known as Mr D, who was found in soiled clothes and with an infected wound at a state-run care facility, but rejects comparisons with the case of manslaughter victim Ann Marie…

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