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So this guy Luke Rosiak has created a documentary, if you can even call it that. His little documentary focuses on "Medicaid Fraud" he basically goes around the city and targets these home health are businesses that are primarily owned and operated by somalis. He's basically trying to do the same thing nick Shirley was doing in MN. He is currently making his rounds on various right wing podcasts and Fox News as well. His claim is that the Somali community is ripping off the taxpayers by being able to work for their family members as aides/companions. His claim is that Medicaid waivers are allowing this.

Many people are buying into this and by many I mean those that hate immigrants. It's pure propaganda and I'll tell you why.

Yes, family members can get paid to take care of their loved ones but not simply as "butlers" as Luke states. These individuals have actually disabilities. Medicaid waiver programs are primarily under department of Developmental disabilities, department of aging which works with the Ohio department of Medicaid.

The Medicaid waiver programs are called

- Passport (for disabled elderly people above 59 years old),

- Individual options waiver/Level one waiver/self Waiver, which is for those with developmental disabilities like down syndrome, autism.

-Ohio home care waiver which is for people are extremely disabled, like bed ridden. People who are paralyzed usually fall.under this.

-MyCare waiver is usually for people who have bothe Medicaid and Medicare and also have disability. So many veterans can get into this waiver if they get the proper assistance.

Luke Rosiak deliberately leaves out vital information .multiple providers must approve these services before the "Darn Somalis can do their fraud." The state has nurses go and do assessments for these patients. The nurses/case managers assess the patient's needs. The waiver program (whichever one) then contacts the patients doctor. The doctor must fill out a form that verified the patients condition. A physician or an NP that has gone to school will not risk lying for someone, not only is that friggin stupid but it's extremely unethical and they gain nothing from it. They forward everything about the patients condition to the waiver program assessors. Then once the waiver program approves the patient/candidate, they forward everything over to the Ohio department of Medicaid via the department of jobs and family services. They review everything from the waiver program assessors and they do their due diligence as well. They also verify the patient's financial situation to ensure they are qualified for Medicaid.

After all that is done, they approve the patient for these services. These services can be Skilled services like Nursing, PT, OT, ST. It can be Personal care and homemaking which is help with grooming and cooking and cleaning. It can be things like meals on wheels or home modifications like setting up ramps and stair lifts etc.

Once the patient is approved, they get assigned a case manager who is most likely a nurse. This nurse visits the patient regularly per Ohio and Federal rules. These case managers then contact these home healthcare agencies, once they find the perfect one, they issue service authorizations so that these home health companies can bill for the services THEY ARE AUTHORIZED.

The documentary was pure propaganda and was clearly trying to incite xenophobia. They need distractions due to rising gas and grocery costs. They need to blame somalis but they know nothing about how shit works in the state.

Luke has even gone so far to blame Mike deWine for these issues. This prick is going to appear in front of the Senate on national TV. He will continue to incite indirect xenophobia towards the somali community in the city. This will result in the orange idiot to do something crazy like what he did with daycare programs nationwide.

We will also start to see more attacks on the Somali community in Columbus and online.

They keep calling them Medicaid millionaires and claim that these folks are stealing from the system even though they are not the ones authorizing services and hours.

All of this information is public data. Luke Rosiak said that the data from DOGE which was made public showed a building with 94 home health companies billed $66 million. What he won't tell you is that this was money already allocated for Medicaid and that these agencies have no say on the hours or who gets approved. The state decides this shit.

I used to buy from science.bio but just saw today that they've ceased operations. Anybody know reliable and good source for semax and other nootrorpics?

I'm not sure if the polls are reliable but he has a good shot at winning the election this fall. This guy is dangerous asf and I would even argue that he's just as or even more dangerous than Trump.

So we all know that before politics, he ran Axovant. He hyped up a failed Alzheimer’s drug, took it public, and watched the valuation hit $3 billion before the drug predictably failed. Retail investors got wiped out while he walked away with hundreds of millions. Ohio’s budget isn’t a tech startup and he's really talking like it is. It's actually friggin scary

He wants to axe the state income tax. This may sound great, but it’s exactly what ruined Kansas. You lose the tax, you lose the schools, the roads, and the police. It’s a recipe for a state-wide collapse. On top of that, elderly care waiver programs like Passport or Ohio home care waiver will also get gutted like crazy.

He’s been vocal about raising the voting age to 25 unless you pass a test or serve. It’s a blatant attempt to disenfranchise young Ohioans who actually have to live with his policies for the next 50 years. This shit is crazy even if it's just one of his many "creative genius" ideas. What purpose does that serve? 18 year olds are old enough to fight wars. What's your logic?

The guy wants to bring the "DOGE" type of mass-firing energy to our state agencies. Firing thousands of state workers sounds "efficient" until you realize those are the people running child services, prisons, and infrastructure. You can't run a state by just hitting the delete key. This is the type of thinking and rash decision making that got us in the state we are in with Trump. Tariffs, bombing Iran. It's short sighted thinking that will affect people's lives for years. I know so many people who lost their e-commerce business due to the tariffs this guy Trump has been playing with.

He's friggin dangerous. This guy will set back Ohio for years. We all can say what we want about Kasich or Dewine but they seem to be moderate Republicans. DeWine even signed a law that expands reimbursement rates and I think eligibility for long term services and supports waivers like MyCare, Ohio home care and passport waivers. Ohio is gonna turn into Mississippi under this guy.

Can anybody enlighten me on the polls and why he has huge support?

So I was visiting a city (In usa), I was just roaming downtown after I finished the conference meeting and there is this area where people are handing out flyers for various stuff, religion, university, clubs etc.

So there was this booth where a couple Muslim guys were spreading Dawah and they had such a large crowd because one of the guys was very eloquent. I'm gonna give credit where credit is due, the man had Christopher hitchens caliber oratory skills and he caught attention.

Anyways, the dialogue was calm and ngl it was healthy discussion all around. One guy, an old dude later on asked this question and it has been on my mind for the last 24 hours.

"I hear everything you're telling me son, I hear you. Apart from all the jurisprudence, the hadith, the Quranic verses etc there is something deeply disturbing with your religion as well as Christianity and Judaism in your religion, I will burn for eternity because after Allah has judged me and had my skin and legs etc testify against me in the day of judgement, he will seen me a kaafir and one who rejected his clear verses. I will burn forever, I will be tortured forever. I have never harmed a single soul, I managed a retirement home for 49 years. I have not harmed a soul and cared for those who needed help even if they didn't have the funds. I didn't even vote for candidates that I knew would start wars and harm those outside America. I volunteer along with many of the seniors at the retirement home to help those in need, we have a soup kitchen for the homeless and needy. I'm not telling you this because I'm bragging. I'm just wondering why is it that I will burn in hell for eternity just because I am not convinced that an Arab fella who died 1400 years ago is the final messenger of our Lord? I never met him, and there are hundreds of differences even with you Muslims. How would I know who is right about the message of this Arab fella from the 7th century. It seems like Allah hasn't equipped me with enough tools for my success. He will burn me for eternity. I think that's unjust.

The eloquent Muslim fella just said some dumb shit in a very eloquent fashion. "you are here now, you are receiving information, accurate information about the prophet blah blah "

I was just thinking about this all day. This is one of the reasons why I left but why is it that no Muslim ever thought about this? How do you expect someone who did not grow up with Islamic teachings being shoved up your ass to actually take this shit seriously? How do you expect a man or woman in 21st century America to follow a man from the 7th century arabia? Where is Allah hikmah?