The Child Was Loved Until The State Stepped In

Courtesy of Dr. I. M. Bonkers

Director of the Bonkers Institute

for Nearly Genuine Research

As I read this letter from the U.S. Health and Human Services to the States, I became absolutely disgusted knowing that nothing will ever change.  The reason why is because of the privacy laws in child welfare.  It would not be in the best interests of child welfare organizations to tell the truth.

The truth is the failure of HHS to even recognize that children are Legally Kidnapped and put in foster care for reasons other than what the child abuse propaganda will brainwash you to believe.  A child can be put into foster care because of poverty, a lack of medical coverage, the fact the parent is an undocumented immigrant, or parental rights to a previous child has been terminated based on the preceding items in this list.

In all these instances the child was loved until the state stepped in.

The States will not do anything due to the simple fact that the privatized child welfare organizations will never face any penalty of their actions.  Ever.

Let me give you an example.  Foster care caseworkers perform Axis III diagnoses.  A visiting physician will come through and see a child for less than five minutes to write a script.

States do not even report incidences of rape, suicide and torture in foster care so what makes you think they are going to be forthright in reporting polypharmacy let alone justification of labeling kids with the labels that killed Rebecca Riley.

Rebecca Riley (April 11, 2002 – December 13, 2006), the daughter of Michael and Carolyn Riley and resident of Hull, Massachusetts, was found dead in her home after prolonged exposure to various medications, her lungs filled with fluid. The medical examiner's office determined the girl died from "intoxication due to the combined effects" of the drugs Clonidine,valproic acid (Depakote), Dextromethorphan, and Chlorpheniramine and that her heart and lungs were damaged due to prolonged abuse of these prescription drugs. Police reports state she was taking 750 milligrams a day of Depakote, 200 milligrams a day of Seroquel, and .35 milligrams a day of Clonidine. Rebecca had been taking the drugs since the age of two forbipolar disorder and ADHD, diagnosed by psychiatrist Kayoko Kifuji of the Tufts-New England Medical Center.

State Medicaid Fraud Control Units are typically housed in the State Attorney General's Office.  The State Attorney General advocates for these child welfare organizations and the state, which is the legal guardian of foster children.  To prosecute the entities it contracts and pays would be a severe conflict of interest and would put a financial strain upon state revenues.

How can HHS even think it can develop "webinars" to stop this multi-billion dollar industry of drugging children?  This is not even a bandaid, this is like pretending the shit the elephant just dumped in the room does not stink.

Come on Pamela, George and Donald.  I expect much better from you.
State Director Letter - Joint ACF CMS and SAMHSA on Psychotropic Drug Use in Foster Care

Hey Berwick, What About Medicaid Fraud In Child Welfare?

Hello people...is anyone at home?  


I have to give a big "duh" shout out the the Republican leadership who are about to grill Donald Berwick.


For starters, precious daaaaaaarlin's, Berwick is Chief Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid, not just the Medicare section.  Instead of worrying about the what is being restructured as we speak, why don't you ask him about the Medicaid fraud in child welfare?  It seems I am the only person to always ask.


See, Medicaid fraud in child welfare is an instant recovery function or is it not that important.  Oh wait, how can I be so forgetful.  Anything dealing with child welfare is a secret, including but not limited to fraud, waste and abuse.


It seems whenever someone raises the issue of child welfare fraud, the Republican leadership starts soapboxing on Medicare fraud while the Democratic leadership clammers about saving it when it is going no where anytime soon.  The subject of Child welfare fraud is taboo in Washington, D.C.  I am attacking the issue head on.

STOP MEDICAID FRAUD IN CHILD WELFARE

Medicare Chief Berwick to Make First Appearance Before Congress Next Week

Dr. Donald Berwick was appointed to the post of medicare administrator in July in a recess appointment. Photographer: David Rogowski/Bloomberg

Medicare Administrator Donald Berwick will face critics of President Barack Obama’s health- care overhaul next week, his first appearance before Congress since he was appointed in a process that bypassed the Senate.

Berwick will testify at a Senate Finance Committee hearing onMedicare, the health insurance program for the elderly and disabled, and the Medicaid program for the poor, the panel said today in a statement. Republicans such as the panel’s ranking member, Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa, for months have said they want to question Berwick on the health-care law.

Berwick doesn’t have plans to testify before the House of Representatives, where Republicans take control in January after winning a majority in elections on Nov. 2. He manages the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services, controlling a projected $962 billion this year.

“We expect to get to know Mr. Berwick very well,” Sage Eastman, a spokesman for Republican Representative Dave Camp of Michigan, said in an e-mail today. Camp is in line to take over the House Ways and Means Committee, which oversees Medicare.

Berwick was named to the post in a recess appointment while Congress was out of session in July, bypassing the traditional Senate confirmation process.

The overhaul would reduce the growth of spending in Medicare and Medicaid by about $455 billion over a decade, according to the Congressional Budget Office, the accounting arm of Congress.

Jessica Santillo, a spokeswoman for the Department of Health and Human Services, of which Medicare is a part, said that Berwick decided to testify after being invited by Senator Max Baucus, the Montana Democrat who chairs the Finance Committee.

“There are a lot of questions that he’ll need to answer next week,” said Senator Orrin Hatch, Republican of Utah, in an e-mail. Hatch is in line to be the ranking Republican on the finance panel next yea