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By Foon Rhee Sacramento Bee Published: Sunday, Jun. 26, 2011 – 12:00 am | Page 1E
From the very start, the sales pitch promised too much.
Flanked by prosecutors, then-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared that fraud was rampant in California’s home health program for low-income elderly and disabled – and that requiring caregivers and clients to put their fingerprints on time sheets would help stop the abuse.
I’m all for rooting out whatever cheating there is in the In-Home Supportive Services program, particularly in these tough budget times. But the fingerprint fetish isn’t how to do it; by now, it’s clear that the prints would be of such poor quality that they would be useless. ..Read Editorial, and comment on forum »
