Bureaucracy Loses Millions

A Feb 25, 2005 article, page B4, by William Hershey of the Dayton Daily News (free reg req) highlights the failure of bureaucracy and the need for Blackwell's spending ammendment. A recent study revealed that that Ohio is wasting "tens-of-millions" of tax-payer dollars by overpaying businesses who contract with the state's Medicaid insurance program.

Governor Taft, State Auditor Montgomery, and Attorney General Petro all play a role in the story, but escape responsibility. Lax oversight or governmental ineptitude is the real reason for this problem. It is time for this to stop.

Read the entire article here.

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