Fiscal Fiasco
Secondly, the state needs to decrease its percentage in the federal formula for Medicaid funding. Right now it is at 50%. It seems it is more cost effective for the state to continue sinking money into a dysfunctional child welfare system than come into federal compliance with its operations, such as enforcing existing accountability statutes in dealing with fraud. Even though there is a resounding paranoia of violating the federal settlement agreement, only dealing with a portion of the child welfare system, this is not justification for miserably failing to address waste and abuse by the funding of fraudulent activities.
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