The Stroke Code That Needed A Receipt
An HHS-OIG oversight item turned Medicare Advantage risk coding into a records-room ghost story: serious diagnosis codes can move money, but the folder still has to survive being opened.
The Ad War Ate Its Own Yard Sign
Illinois Democrats are arguing over clean-money purity while the donor trail keeps finding side doors with tasteful campaign logos.
The VIP Section of Grift
Not every GOP insider has to grab the scandal mic and harmonize with the headliner. Some prefer the classier job: standing at the VIP…
Ubbi Dubbi And The Refund Thundercloud
Ubbi Dubbi’s severe-weather evacuation was the right safety call, but the aftermath turned festival magic into a customer-service encore nobody bought tickets to hear.
Congress Found the Premium Checkout Lane
Congress keeps selling “accountability” like a clean little user dashboard, then you open the settings and discover ordinary people are stuck on the free…
Are your energy bills half of what they were?
Trump promised to cut energy bills by half. Mine have gone up, though.
The Grift Ladder Needs Spotters
The law-and-order chorus loves rules right up until the rules arrive wearing reading glasses and carrying a folder labeled invoices. Then oversight becomes persecution,…
Congress Finds the Express Lane
Washington can become very prayerful about procedure when families need lower costs, clear answers, or a little public relief. Suddenly every hallway is a…
Reform Got a Billing Department
The anti-waste crusade arrived in Washington wearing a reform hat, then immediately asked where accounts payable sits. That is the funny little odor around…
The Wind Funeral Was Billed to Us
The corkboard sneezed when the anti-wind crowd started preaching “market discipline” with one hand and allegedly waving taxpayer-backed exit money with the other. Funny…