so all of that made it seem like the prospects for democrats figuring something out, coming to some kind of resolution, it seems like those prospects were getting skp and oo. but then today apps. from the first time these talks began, you have a lead investigate or, jayapal, somehow managing to get into the same room as one of the two elusive senators holding up this deal. from the very beginning, for those of us who aren t politicians, for those of us who watch this because we care about the policy and the human drama of it, those of us who are not politicians instinct actively felt, couldn t jayapal and manchin talk about this? what if they made an argument to each other without anyone else
program, including program audits. we analyzed patient billings, even watched clinics undercover to see who was getting treatment and who wasn t. the result, we found that in the last two fiscal years, half of the nearly $186 million spent for drug medi-cal, about $94 million, went to clinics that have shown questionable billing practices or signs of fraud. case in point, the man with the cigar, a convicted felon named alexander ferdman. ferdman was the organizer. marshall vote was the lead investigate who helped prosecute ferdman back in 2000 for running a texas-based crime syndicate that staged car crashes ripping off big insurance companies. he listed his occupation as a driver of an ice cream truck. ferdman pled guilty to organized crime and was sentenced to seven years in a texas prison.