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Monday, July 20, 2009
Ind. Gov't. - Daniels' welfare privatization: Too big to fail? Shouldn't we be working on a Plan B?
Updating this ILB entry from July 13th, the Indianapolis Star's Will Higgins has a lengthy story today headlined "Privatizing welfare means more fall through cracks, critics say: Mishandling of cases has risen since contractor took over." After detailing a number of these failed cases, the story concludes:
FSSA Secretary Anne Murphy has said that if IBM's service record does not improve by September, it's possible the contract will be canceled.What would happen then is not clear.
"What happens if in September, the system is still not working?" said Rep. Bill Crawford, D-Indianapolis, who served as chairman of the state's Select Joint Commission on Medicaid Oversight and opposes privatization.
"We can't revert back to the state system. There is no state system. The state system has been dismantled.
"So what do we do? We don't know."
Posted by Marcia Oddi on July 20, 2009 08:15 AM
Posted to Indiana Government