Fornits
General Interest => Feed Your Head => Topic started by: Oscar on July 30, 2013, 04:12:46 PM
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Do you know one facility who actually takes their business seriously? Was this just a random pick by the authorities?
16 California Drug And Alcohol Rehab Centers Suspended After Abuse And Fraud Allegations (Medical Daily) (http://http://www.medicaldaily.com/articles/17728/20130724/california-drug-alcohol-rehab-centers-fraud-patient-abuse.htm)
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From: Teens claim they were used as fake rehab clients (CNN) (http://http://edition.cnn.com/2013/07/30/health/rehab-racket-siu-cir-part-two/index.html?hpt=hp_t1)
Victoria Byers did not drink alcohol. She did not abuse drugs. But when she was a teenager in foster care, several times a month, she would board a van at her group home and go to rehab.
Byers couldn't figure out why she had to take drug tests and sit in group therapy sessions on addiction at So Cal Health Services, a clinic tucked in an office park in Riverside, California.
"And I told them, you know, 'Why should I be here? I have no drug issue,' " said Byers, now a slow-to-smile 22-year-old.
The director of Byers' group home confirmed Byers was clean but said she sent all six girls under her care to the clinic because she didn't have enough staff to separate those with substance abuse problems.
The arrangement was strange. It was also a scam........
To what extend was it a scam? The article states that it was a scam costing the tax-payers a lot of money but what about the methods. As Penn and Teller has proved the entire concept of a rehab process might be a scam.
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This could have happened in any state - in any country. It not only could happens - it happens!!!
California officials reviewing rehab centers in wake of fraud reports (L. A. Times) (http://http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-rehab-fraud-20130802,0,5063423.story)
With lax oversight, fraud flourishes in California's drug rehab clinics (News 10) (http://http://www.news10.net/news/article/252348/2/With-lax-oversight-fraud-flourishes-in-Californias-drug-rehab-clinics)
Investigation Finds Fraud Activity at Southern California Drug Clinics (California Health line) (http://http://www.californiahealthline.org/articles/2013/7/30/investigation-finds-fraud-activity-at-southern-california-drug-clinics)