The County Welfare Directors Association of California and the California State Association of Counties took the Governor’s op-ed piece in the LA Times on July 3rd, 2009 and dissected it. They found some myths and busted them.

Monterey County Director of Social and Employment Services says there are a lot of contradictions in the request for reform, saying money was cut from the IHSS budget this year, but now more is being spent on trying to investigate fraud cases. Robinson says that money should be put to prevent fraud in the first place, like allowing case managers to spend more time with patients in person.

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