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MONTREAL - Tania Azevedo wasn’t sure if she would make it to Aruba after all.
A woman makes her way through Pearson International Airport during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Monday, December 14, 2020. Entry requirements for Canadians heading to the most popular sun destinations vary from country to country, and range from mandatory quarantines on arrival to required testing and insurance programs. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
MONTREAL - Tania Azevedo wasn’t sure if she would make it to Aruba after all.
After Ontario’s lockdowns forced her to close her hair salon in Toronto, Azevedo decided to capitalize on the free time by visiting friends in the small island nation. She had filled out the country’s application for foreign visitors, purchased the mandatory insurance and taken a COVID-19 test in the days
it is not always easy as many of you out there know for business owners to get ahead financially. even if you have a great product, you have customers, you may be financially sinking. if this describes you, you re not alone. amanda steinberg is the founder of author of the new bok worbook worth it. it s been a couple years since i ve been here. congratulations on your book. i know your company s been growing. let s get right to it. there are a lot of people in this position. it s very hard on your personal finances when you re putting all of your money into a business. so let s just get some hacks for you to save money in someplaces. the first one you talk about, just ask. yeah. we often are afraid to ask, especially because you have to hire accountants and lawyers to get incorporated. you have to get your books set up. they have their standard rates. we forget sometimes we can ask for a discount.
uncontrollable future. we do try to re-evaluate the budget every now and then. every few months. to make sure we re hitting the targets. reporter: that seemingly simple trick can be devilishly hard. in part because economic advisers say so many people find the idea unpleasant. just listen to the word budget. it s not a very appealing word, is it? reporter: yet amanda steinberg who started dai dailyworth.com said a good budget does not have to account for every penny. people just need to make sure big important items such as household expenses, insurance and savings are covered. and once they are, the budgeter can confidently spent money on things that he or she simply wants. oftentimes that means we re going to create a life that turns into a hampster wheel. because it s so expensive and hard to maintain. so that if you create a budget you have some visibility into what your life should cost so you have the freedom to spend money and you re not staying up late at night wonder
million in one year that we believe was 100% questionable billing. reporter: and that one provider was no isolated instance. over and over we found examples of fraud. not hidden fraud. this was happening in plain sight. for example, george oluno. 19-year-old darshay miles was just 14 when she went to his rehab center. along with her mother and three sisters. it s against the law to pay drug rehab clients. but that apparently didn t stop oluno. miles said he paid her and other clients $5 each time they signed in for group counseling. all so he could then charge medical between $28 and $61 per signature. at first i didn t know it was illegal. i didn t know nothing about i thought it was just a thing. you supposed to get paid to go in there. until people was like, oh, george was like you got to don t speak out loud about the
money. reporter: what did she do with the $5 given to her by the drug rehab center? she bought drugs. we was going just to get the money to buy weed. my whole thing was like, y all was paying us to get high. reporter: the day after our interview, the state charged iluno and three of his employees at g.b. medical with grand sheft in connection with more than 2,000 phony bills for rehab dating back to 2009. he s pled not guilty. records show your tax dollars still paid him. even after he was arrested and out on bail. iluno s attorney blamed the billing practices on counselors and employees who were not well supervised. the attorney says iluno was a certified counselor himself who was allowed to bill medicaid. despite that, the clinic voluntarily shut down july 1st. without explanation. cnn and the center for