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Blowing the whistle on worker’s comp fraud

May 14th, 2010
by Charles Kuffner.

Really good article in the Trib about worker’s compensation fraud and why so little of it is being actively investigated these days. This is the sort of thing that really ought to get traction, as it has something for all kinds of different political interests. For the budget hawks, there’s “waste, fraud, and abuse” in its purest form; for the good government types, there’s a campaign finance angle; and of course there’s the evidence of dysfunction in yet another agency with a Rick Perry-appointed chief, which should concern everyone. Check it out.

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4 Comments

  1. elise hu-stiles says:
    May 14, 2010 at 8:57 am

    Thanks, Kuff. There will be a follow up next week.

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