U.S. Audit Faults Speech Therapy in City Schools

Another great moment in socialized medicine:

The New York City schools misspent $870 million in Medicaid payments by channeling tens of thousands of poor special-education students into speech therapy performed by unqualified practitioners, often without proper referrals, according to a scathing federal audit released yesterday.

The school system's record-keeping was so chaotic and the speech services so badly documented that school officials often could not prove that students needed the speech therapy, or ever received it at all, said the audit, which covered the period between 1993 and 2001.

Who do you think can commit fraud longer, Enron or your local Enron called the New York City schools?The New York Times