MacIver News Service – The Assembly is taking up four bills that tackle fraud and abuse in entitlements programs. Three bills address the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. A fourth bill will work to reform Wisconsin’s Unemployment Insurance program. Read More Assembly to Tackle Fraud in FoodShare and Unemployment Insurance Programs This Week
MacIver News Service – Reducing government fraud and abuse was the theme of the day in one Capitol Building hearing room on Tuesday, as the Assembly Committee on Public Benefit Reform met to discuss a pair of bills that seek to reduce the amount of taxpayer money defrauded from the Unemployment Insurance and FoodShare programs. Read More Assembly Committee On Public Benefit Reform Clashes Over Need To Stop Fraud
Wisconsin has seen many types of welfare fraud, from food stamps to unemployment compensation. In fact, the MacIver Institute reported recently on the large about of unemployment fraud in the Badger State. However, there is another government program that may be rampant with fraud and it is very easy to do. Read More From National Review: Me and My Obamaphones
MacIver News Service – “I got hundreds of grocery receipts from grocery store clerks, convenience store clerks. Snicker’s Peanut Butter Cups, Beef Steak, Sour Patch Kids, Hersey Almonds, Mountain Dew, Urge pizzas, Dr. Pepper, Urge Snacks, Planter’s Peanuts, Red Bull,” Kaufert said. “And you know what it says at the bottom of those slips. It says EBT cards.” Read More Food Stamp Junk Food Bill Passes Assembly
MacIver News Service – In a report released in April, “Who Is Concealing Earnings and Still Collecting Unemployment Benefits?” the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis calculated $3.3 billion of unemployment insurance (UI) fraud was committed in 2011. Wisconsin can claim 1.26 percent of that figure. The Department of Workforce Development reported $41,607,913 worth of UI fraud for 2011. Of that the state was able to recover $15.6 million or 37 percent. Read More Concealment Fraud Tops UI Fraud Nationally