“For me, this is a very serious and very egregious allegation. To betray the trust of the public at large, betray the trust of the county, co-workers and, most important, the customers. These are very, very serious allegations.”
“If you think of public assistance, it is in some level a large bank. We need to have a process to make sure fraud does not occur, and some people think they can get away with it. It's such a betrayal of the people who want to help out the community as a whole.”
“They can get an emergency form of MediCal for treatment in emergency room. But no public assistance: no food stamps, no cash assistance, no MediCal that would be available. Even for most programs, if you're documented, you have to work 60 quarters before you're eligible.”
