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Sep 08 2015

A report by the agency responsible for overseeing construction of VA health facilities finds rampant mismanagement and cost overruns, with the most glaring example being a Colorado medical center expected to cost triple the original projections, and it still isn't completed.  Still think government is good at this stuff?

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/report-faults-va-management-denver-hospital-failures-33521448
Aug 02 2015

Shocking, shocking news.  According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, government employees have much better health benefits than private workers.  Can't last.

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/ebs2_07242015.pdf
Mar 11 2015

According to the Government Accounting Office, your tax dollars are not always well spent, what a shock.  There were almost $125 billion in improper payments by the federal government last year, with the leading offender being Medicare at $60 billion and Medicaid  in third at $17.5 billion.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/wp/2015/03/06/improper-payments-jumped-125-billion-for-federal-government-last-year/
Dec 26 2014

The Government Accounting Office has issued a very scary report regarding state and local government finances.  Largely due to health care costs, they are expected to be in a significant and growing deficit position through the 2050s.  Time to immediately reform Medicaid and government employee pensions and health benefits.

http://www.gao.gov/assets/670/667623.pdf
Jul 15 2014

According to the federal government, it made over $100 billion in improper payments last year, including $50 billion in Medicare and $14 billion in Medicaid.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jul/9/improper-payments-by-federal-government-top-100b//
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