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Biden doubles down on illegal Medicaid payments to unions
The Freedom Foundation is pushing back against the Biden administration’s attempt to preserve illegal union dues deductions from Medicaid payments to home caregivers serving the elderly and those with disabilities.
Congressman Dan Newhouse stands up for home caregivers
They’re at it again. For at least the third time in a year, union-backed lawmakers in the U.S. House of …
Latest House COVID-19 package aims to protect union dues skimming from Medicaid
On Tuesday, the latest COVID-19 legislation, dubbed the “Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act” (the HEROES Act), was …
Center for Medicaid Services warns states to stop union dues skimming from Medicaid
Today, the federal Center Medicaid Services took another step towards stopping states from illegally deducting union dues from payments to home caregivers serving Medicaid-eligible clients.
WSJ rightly credits Freedom Foundation for crackdown on Medicaid dues skimming
Giving credit where it’s due, the Wall Street Journal on July 3 published a story about the Trump administration’s decision to more rigorously enforce a long-ignored federal law making it illegal for states to deduct union dues on behalf of homecare providers being compensated by Medicaid.
West Coast caregivers take legal action to end union dues skimming from Medicaid
With legal assistance from the Freedom Foundation, a group of 10 West Coast home caregivers today took legal action to end the deduction of union dues and political contributions from their Medicaid payments.
Trump administration finalizes major regulation to stop union dues skimming from Medicaid
The Trump administration today issued a final rule to stop states from skimming union dues and political contributions from payments to home caregivers serving Medicaid-eligible clients.
West Coast states and unions conspiring to keep skimming Medicaid funds
Documents indicate West Coast state governments have partnered with two national unions to fight efforts by the Trump administration to stop states from illegally skimming union dues from Medicaid payments to home caregivers.
Under pressure, SEIU 775 president David Rolf steps down
SEIU 775 president David Rolf stepping down amid questions about his leadership and increasing challenges to his union’s ability to continue coercively collecting dues. Rolf’s tenure was defined by his authoritarian style and his union’s exploitation of tens of thousands of Washington home caregivers.
Comments submitted in support of regulation to end Medicaid dues skim
This week, the Freedom Foundation submitted formal comments to the federal Center for Medicaid Services (CMS) supporting the repeal of an illegal Obama-era regulation that has permitted states and unions to skim hundreds of millions of dollars in union dues and political contributions from payments to home caregivers serving clients eligible for Medicaid.
