When Somalis say "assisted living" they mean "Assist Somalis in Living Very Well."
Minnesota continues to pay millions of dollars to assisted living facilities owned by a man indicted for money laundering in the state’s massive Feeding Our Future fraud scandal, uncovering what may be a 15th program exploited for Medicaid fraud....
Raising your eyebrows? Here's more red meat:
... Data shows suspicious patterns in Minnesota’s assisted living sector, with payment rates growing 10 to 15 times faster than other Medicaid programs, even as enrollment has only doubled.
The concentration of facilities in smaller suburbs appears disproportionate to the population. Minneapolis, with a population of nearly 430,000, has 169 assisted living facilities. But Brooklyn Park, with 84,000 residents, has 181 facilities — more than Minneapolis, a city five times its size. Brooklyn Center, with just 30,000 residents, has 106 facilities, compared to 83 in St. Paul, which has a population of 307,000....
Nothing here that is totally unreasonable--yet. But there's a lot of smoke in the room, ain'a?
Now, then: if some enterprising reporter drops in to see how many people are being "assisted" aside from the owners........well...........
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