Christopher Rufo, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and contributing editor at City Journal, revealed on Thursday yet another example of California’s out-of-control fraud problem.
The latest example involves a state program that pays individuals to stay home and care for family members with health issues. Because the program operates on the honor system, it is highly susceptible to abuse, with some estimates placing fraudulent activity between 20 and 40 percent, despite state officials dismissing the scrutiny as politically motivated.
But that’s not all. While Newsom funds the program with $30 billion in taxpayer dollars, at-home caregivers contribute $150 million to unions, which in turn funnel support back to Newsom in what critics call a massive payback scheme.
“So the scam is California’s in-home supported services or In-Home Care Program,” Rufo said. “It spends about 30 billion dollars a year. It’s one of the state’s largest programs, and it pays 800,000 Californians to stay home, mostly with relatives, to take care of them, to cook, clean, watch television.”