
|Articles|November 15, 2012
Medicaid Personal-Care Programs are Targets for Fraud, Investigators Say
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Keith Foreman, like a growing number of disabled Americans on Medicaid, qualified for a personal caregiver to help him with daily activities such as dressing, shaving and preparing meals.
Foreman, 57, who has a spinal injury, hired his girlfriend, Sheila McDonald. In 2011, McDonald received almost $5,000 from Medicaid for six months of care she provided to Foreman.
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Source: The Washington Post
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