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Agreed, and the same thing goes for Prop 61, which was also written by the same man who wrote Prop 60. At first glance, it's presented as a way to reduce the p
by chimeracoder 10y ago
Agreed, and the same thing goes for Prop 61, which was also written by the same man who wrote Prop 60.
At first glance, it's presented as a way to reduce the price of HIV drugs. In reality, it's a way for Michael Weinstein to pad his pockets, at the expense of the VA. (He wrote the bill and included a special provision that guarantees his HMO a special exemption from the price cap).
Michael Weinstein, you may remember, is the same man who committed $20 million in Medicaid fraud in LA county a few years ago. He then claimed that the federal case against him had no legal standing because the federal government cannot prosecute for fraud against state-level agencies (Medicaid). Fortunately, the judge was not convinced by that reasoning.