The in box. Carol Marin on the Guzzardi election for Illinois House.
Carol Marin. Chicago Sun-Times. Just 125 votes. That’s all that separated defeat from victory in 2012 when an upstart nobody — Will Guzzardi — challenged an incumbent with a powerhouse last name — State Rep. Toni Berrios — in a faceoff on Chicago’s Northwest Side. The recount gave the regular Democratic Party fits. Guzzardi snuck up on all of them, including Toni Berrios’ dad, Joe Berrios, whose f
HMS audit in Minnesota. Fifty percent error rate. Is ALEC behind it?
Is ALEC behind the audit of state employee insurance eligibility? When in September Illinois state retirees began receiving letters of audit from HMS we were quite surprised. Illinois’ Central Management Services (CMS) had hired the Arlington, Texas-based company to find fraud among those pensioners who were claiming dependents under their coverage. HMS promised they could cut the number of dep
10-31-13 Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.
Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.: Medicare Advantage roll-out is heading off the cliff.. The deadline for deciding what our retiree health care will look like – whether we go with Medicare Advantage or op out – is December 13th. Central Management Services is co-sponsoring informational seminars across the state between November 11th