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John DiStaso back in February on John Stephen's "cost savings" to Rhode Island government:
In Rhode Island, Stephen worked with Gov. Donald Carcieri and the state's human services department to reform the state's Medicaid system and obtain cost-saving federal waivers
Cost savings!
The Carcieri administration had maintained for months that consultants working for the Lucas Group had volunteered their time. But in June, the administration agreed to pay a $370,000 settlement to the firm for its "significant" work on a "global waiver" giving Rhode Island unprecedented freedom in how it spends its Medicaid dollars on health care for the poor, the elderly and the disabled.
One partner in the Lucas Group was John Stephen, a former New Hampshire health and human services commissioner and failed GOP congressional candidate in New Hampshire. Rhode Island's secretary of the Office of Health and Human Services, Gary Alexander, campaigned with Stephen and held a fundraiser for him.
Nothing in the New Hampshire media yet about this clever bit of Benson Era "volunteer" outsourcing.
I can't wait to see what a Stephen administration would mean for my tax dollars in New Hampshire. Maybe someone in the state media will look into it between now and November. Maybe.
