by John Wynne | May 15, 2015 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, DHHS, Features |
This week’s Worst Week in Raleigh award goes to Angie Sligh, a former manager at the state Department of Health and Human Services who is the subject of an audit described in terms like “withering” and “scathing”. The audit, released...
by Thomas Mills | Jul 6, 2014 | DHHS, Editor's Blog, Medicaid |
The News & Observer began a series this weekend outlining the Medicaid problems facing North Carolina. Two things are clear. The system has had problems for a very long time. And, two, Pat McCrory has made the problems worse, not better. In the big picture, the...
by Thomas Mills | Mar 3, 2014 | DHHS, Editor's Blog, NC Politics, NCGov |
Once again, so much for transparency and accountability. And once again, it’s Secretary of Health and Human Services Aldona Wos who is being opaque. This time, it’s attaboys for a crony who was paid more than $300,000 as a consultant. Unfortunately, there’s no record...
by Thomas Mills | Feb 12, 2014 | DHHS, Editor's Blog, NCGA |
Aldona Wos is at it again. This time, she’s pissing off Republicans in the legislature. Apparently, she’s spending their money without telling them. According to the News and Observer, Wos asked for a Medicaid waiver without telling the General Assembly....
by Thomas Mills | Jan 13, 2014 | 2014 Elections, DHHS, Editor's Blog, NC Politics |
Last week was full of bad news for the embattled Department of Health and Human Services and its leader, Secretary Aldona Wos. The Department sent 49,000 letters containing personal information to the wrong people. The U. S. Department of Agriculture threatened to cut...
by Thomas Mills | Jan 10, 2014 | DHHS, Editor's Blog, NC Politics |
Dear Thomas: I have a friend who has been a big help to me. She’s smart and rich and popular. At least everybody I know likes her. So, last year I hired her for a position I had open. She’s smart and rich and popular so certainly she could do the job. I mean,...
