Redneck Thinker

  There are issues when it comes to people wanting to work at assisted living facilities, with them not recovering employment levels like other parts of the medical community after the government shutdown of the nation. Now the Biden Administration wants to kick them while they are down by bringing in new rules that will now limit people’s access to these facilities. Members of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce held a hearing and had a response. Medicaid Rule Here, via a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services press release , is the Medicaid rule change on helping those needing assistance. Requires that in three years, states report on their readiness to collect data regarding the percentage of Medicaid payments for homemaker, home health aide, personal care, and habilitation services spent on compensation to the direct care workers furnishing these services; and in four years, states report on the percentage of Medicaid payments for homemaker, home health aide, p...

It would seem that there is a worry about Chinese owned companies making the equipment that is necessary to run US ports. There is a strong possibility that they could cripple the very ports that the US needs, though most people are not aware of how the Chinese government controls these businesses, as it is not the way it is done in the US. In the US, private businesses are just that, but in China, the government either is a direct partial owner or has groups within the company dictating government demands. This means every product made in China goes to enrich the government. National Security Worries Here, via a press release by Rep. Carlos Gimenez, is what he had to say about the Port of Miami and the Chinese made equipment there. “I am especially worried by the security vulnerabilities that exist with port equipment that is manufactured or installed in the People’s Republic of China. The ship-to-shore cranes towering over our docks — while instrumental to our port operations — are ...

The USDA under the Biden Administration restarted an Obama Administration initiative around October  of  2022. It is called the  People's  Garden Initiative  and has  some  interesting  marketing and a fact on the page that makes one wonder about the agenda.  Past the fact that  registering a garden seems to be both a waste of federal resources and an intrusion, there are other implications that can make people  leery  of this. The entire program was not well thought out. People's  Garden Here, via the USDA website , is what they say constitutes being able to register. Do you have a community farm or garden that  you’d  like to designate a  People’s  Garden? Gardens of different sizes and types, including school gardens, community gardens, urban farms, and small-scale agriculture projects in rural and urban areas, can be recognized as a  “ People’s  Garden .” One of the problems of  the ...

  Veterans in this nation are constantly dealing with issues made worse by the Veterans Administration, but some members of Congress are working to change that. Rep. Derrick Van Orden (WI-3) and Rep. Chris Pappas (NH-1) have introduced the Expedited Equitable Relief Act to make sure veterans and their dependents receive relief within 120 days after administrative errors are corrected. This can mean benefits are awarded, money paid, and other issues solved that were trapped in bureaucratic nightmares. The Bill Here, via Van Orden's page , is what the bill says. (a) AFFIRMATIVE DUTY TO PROVIDE TIMELY EQUITABLE RELIEF.—Section 503 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘may’’ both places it appears and inserting ‘‘shall, not later than 120 days after such determination,’’. (b) ELIMINATION OF EXPIRED REPORT.—Such section is further amended by striking subsection (c). (c) CANCELLATION OF DEBT COLLECTION.—Section 5314 of such title is amended, in subsection (a), by...

Few people can truly imagine what $551 million is, but that is the sum that the state of Pennsylvania either mismanaged or spent erroneously of federal Medicaid funds earmarked for schools. While they argued with the Department of Health and Human Services Inspector General over this, they have not released a public statement. Money that could have helped students across the nation seems to have evaporated under then Democrat Governor Tom Wolf. Report Findings Here, via the HHS OIG report , is what they found. “Pennsylvania improperly claimed Federal funds through its Medicaid school-based health services program. Specifically, Pennsylvania claimed estimated unallowable Federal funds totaling $182.5 million because it did not support that all moments used in RMTSs and coded as Medicaid-eligible were for Medicaid-eligible health services or Medicaid administrative activities. Also, Pennsylvania improperly claimed an additional $368.9 million when it used unsupported ratios to allocate c...

The government has increased its control over mergers and acquisitions, with no concern over the health of small businesses. While some larger corporations have used their financial reserves to take control of competition, smaller companies merge to survive more often than not. The minimum limits will allow the government to interfere in the smaller businesses in a way that can lead to more of them collapsing, instead of allowing for the competition the Biden Administration claims. The people who defend this are academics and government officials who have rarely run businesses or even participated in the commercial realm. Committee Letter The House Committee on Small Business sent  a letter  to both the Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice on this matter. Here is a snippet of what was sent. “The House Committee on Small Business (the Committee) writes to inquire about the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) and the Department of Justice...

It may seem like minutiae, but the costs of buildings for government use can be far more expensive than people imagine. While there most likely could be some cuts made, as the repairs and maintenance are done by a government that loves spending money, there won’t be in the current environment. These costs add up, which goes to show where tax dollars are going in ways few even look into. The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure looked into this and found little corruption, but massive spending. The sheer amount of acreage and money is mind boggling. Total Costs Here, via the Committee hearing transcripts , Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA) opens the hearing with some startling facts. “The FBI has a massive real estate portfolio across this country, comprised of a headquarters building in downtown Washington, D.C., 56 field offices and more than 350 satellite offices, also known as “resident agencies,” under its field office umbrella. Together the network of field offices and resid...