Goldstein Investigation: Does LA Care's CEO Care About Wasteful Spending?

DIVERSITY THAT THE CITY HOUSE.
THE IOC TEAM HEADS TO PARIS THIS
WEEK.
A FINAL DECISION IS EXPECTED IN
SEPTEMBER.
PAT: PROPOSED CHANGES TO
OBAMACARE BECOME LAW CALIFORNIA
STANDS TO LOSE HUNDREDS OF
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN FEDERAL
FUNDING.
RICK: WE FOUND THE AGENCY THAT
ADMINISTERS THE PLAN SPENDING
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS
ON THE PEOPLE IS SUPPOSED TO
HELP.
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER DAVID
GOLDSTEIN IS HERE.
REPORTER: WE SPENT MONTHS GOING
THROUGH HUNDREDS OF PAGES OF
RECORDS AND PIQUANT CATERED
MEALS FIRST CLASS TRAVEL AND
MORE.
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS
ADMINISTERED THROUGH OBAMACARE
AND MEDI-CAL AND YOU ARE PAYING
FOR IT.
WHILE SOME COMPLAIN THEY ARE NOT
GETTING THE SUPPLIES THEY NEED
TO SURVIVE.
21-YEAR-OLD MONIQUE ANDRETTI
OF CHATSWORTH HAS HERBAL PALSY
AND AS A QUADRIPLEGIC.
SHE GETS FOUR CANS OF THIS AT
NIGHT.
HER MOTHER SHOWS US THE SPECIAL
CANS OF ENSURE AND FEEDING TUBES
THAT KEEP HER ALIVE.
THIS IS ALL SHE EATS A REPORT
THAT SHE IS ON MEDI-CAL IN THE
SUPPLIES ARE SUPPOSED TO BE
DELIVERED ONCE A MONTH OR L.A.
CARE OF PUBLIC HEALTH PLAN THAT
GETS TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
IN TAXPAYER MONEY BUT FOR THE
PAST FEW MONTHS HER SUPPLIES
HAVE BEEN LATE OR NEVER ARRIVED.
THE.
IT BREAKS MY HEART THAT SHE
HAS TO GO WITHOUT WHAT SHE
NEEDS.
SHE HAS A SIMPLE LIFE THAN SHE
DOES NOW FOR MUCH.
AN INVESTIGATION FOUND L.A. CARE
TAKES GOOD CARE FEEDING THEIR
OWN EMPLOYEES.
WE UNCOVER TENS OF THOUSANDS OF
DOLLARS IN CATERED MEALS, EVEN
$2700 FOR 1200 SLICES OF PIE.
UNBELIEVABLE.
IT'S EMBARRASSING.
IT'S SHAMEFUL.
REPORTER: L.A. CARE IS THE
LARGEST PUBLIC HEALTH PLAN IN
THE NATION SERVING OVER
2 MILLION PEOPLE, SOME OF THE
MOST VULNERABLE IN THE COUNTY.
WE HAVE REVIEWED THOUSANDS OF
PAGES OF THEIR CREDIT CARD
CHARGES AND SALARY INFORMATION
FOR 2016 AND FOUND HUNDREDS OF
RECEIPTS FOR
LUNCH MEETINGS LIKE THIS
EXECUTIVE LUNCH
FISH FOR MORE THAN $400.
FOR NEARLY $16,000 IN CHARGES
FOR IN AND OUT RIGOR.
WHAT WAS THAT FOR?
ACCORDING TO L.A. CARE'S PROJECT
IN THE EVENT JUSTIFICATION FROM
THE WORD CELEBRATION WAS CROSSED
OUT DESCRIBING IT AS AN EMPLOYEE
TEAMBUILDING EVENT.
ALL WE FOUND ALMOST $200,000
SPENT ON CATERED MEALS.
WE DISCOVERED THE CATERING IS
PART OF $500,000 PROJECTED TO BE
SPENT ON PROMOTIONAL EVENTS FOR
EMPLOYEES THIS FISCAL YEAR.
HALF A MILLION DOLLARS IN
PROMOTIONAL EVENTS AS NECESSARY?
L.A. CARE CEO JOHN BACHUS
DEFENDED THE SPENDING OF
TAXPAYER MONEY SAYING IT HELPS
EMPLOYEE MORALE.
WHY SHOULD TAXPAYER MONEY BE
USED FOR THAT?
IT GOES THE PEOPLE WHO ARE
SERVING THEM.
THERE IS MORE TO WORK THAN JUST
THAT.
REPORTER: BACHUS MAKES SOME BIG
BUCKS.
HE PULLED IN MORE THAN $820,000
IN SALARY AND IT'S IN 2016.
WHY DOES SOMEONE LIKE YOU
DESERVE TO MAKE MORE MONEY THAN
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES?
REPORTER: HE SAID THE SALARY IS
COMPETITIVE WITH OTHERS IN THE
FIELD.
WE FOUND THEY FLEW FIRST CLASS
TO A CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON
D.C. COSTING TAXPAYERS ALMOST
$3500.
HE SAYS IT MUST HAVE BEEN THE
ONLY FLIGHT THAT WAS AVAILABLE.
IN TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE
CONFERENCE YOUR PEOPLE COULDN'T
FIND ANYTHING OTHER THAN
FIRST-CLASS?
WHEN OUR INTERVIEW WAS OVER
BACHUS APPARENTLY DIDN'T LIKE
THE LINE OF QUESTIONING.
GOVERNMENT ETHICS EXPERT BOB
STERN SAYS THOSE QUESTIONS
SHOULD BE ASKED.
C WE ALL WANT HAPPY EMPLOYEES
BUT TAXPAYER MONEY SHOULD BE
SPENT AS WISELY AS POSSIBLE.
REPORTER: IT'S MONEY SPENT ON
OTHER PEOPLE'S WELL-BEING.
MONIQUE'S MOTHER SAID SHE
SOMETIMES MISSES HER MONTH WE
SUPPLIES.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS THEY NEED
TO CHANGE THEIR NAME BECAUSE
L.A. DOESN'T CARE.
REPORTER: EXPERTS SAY NONE OF
THIS IS ILLEGAL OR AGAINST THE
RULES.
IT COMES THAN UNDER

Goldstein Investigation: Does LA Care's CEO Care About Wasteful Spending?

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