Rehab Racket: Clinics Recruit Group Home Residents to Fill Client Lists
A recent investigative series by The Center for Investigative Reporting and CNN uncovered rampant over-billing in California's publicly funded drug rehab system. Basically, Medi-Cal recipients are bribed with cigarettes and pocket money to attend counseling sessions they don't need -- and the government gets the bill. The reports prompted dozens of Justice Department investigations, and a state crackdown that cut funding to the better part of 200 Medi-Cal clinics. But it's a game of whack-a-mole, as reporter Will Evans explains.
Desert Near Arizona Border Targeted for Solar Development
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is hosting a couple of public meetings in Palm Springs this week that could set a course for the future of large scale solar development on federal land.