Dear Frank,
Meg Whitman is spreading falsehoods about California’s in-home care program.
But you can help set the record straight.
Take Action: Email Your State Representatives
Whitman, the Republican candidate for governor of California, claimed in a recent radio ad that In-Home Supportive Services was one of three public programs in which “there are billions of dollars of fraud,” and vowed to empanel a grand jury to investigate these supposed abuses.
She’s wrong about the claim — plain and simple. Review after review of of state and county IHSS programs have found that there exists less-than-1-percent to 2 percent of suspected cases of fraud in the system — which constitute FAR less than the “billions of dollars” claimed by Whitman.
Take Action: Email Your State Representatives
Of course, any fraud is unacceptable. But so are Whitman’s attempts to demonize In-Home Supportive Services on the basis of unproven allegations about fraud in the program.
This is why it’s so important that we build an ongoing grassroots movement around in-home care. Because in raising our voices together, we can drown out the falsehoods of those who seek to undermine IHSS.
In-home care is a cost-effective program that saves California billions of dollars by allowing low-income seniors and the disabled to remain safely at home, and out of costly nursing facilities.
Take Action: Email Your State Representatives
Tell Them that IHSS is Efficient, Cost-Effective and Part of the Solution to California’s Budget Problems.