Ten minutes later, the American economy imploded, and apparently a decision was made to deal with the enormous shortfall that ensued by, in all sorts of ways, bilking patients and Medicare.
A UM med school executive blew the whistle, and last year UM had to pay the government millions and millions of dollars, and Shalala, of course, fired the naughty whistle blower.
Now the whistle blower has filed a wrongful termination suit for millions of dollars, which he’ll probably get.
When you add the Nevin Shapiro scandal to this one, Donna Shalala certainly has a lot to answer for.