STREATOR, IL - Christine Chalkey has been fighting for her 18 year old developmentally-disabled son Jake since he was diagnosed at age six months. Jake is the oldest of 19 people in the world with the life-threatening condition that causes debilitating seizures. Due to problems within Illinois' Medicaid system, cuts were made that cut state help for Jake's medications.
The Foundation for Government Accountability interviewed Mrs. Chalkey, Jake and State Rep Patti Bellock about the fraud and abuse within Illinois' Medicaid system - and the frustration with a system that will not allow itself to be audited and made accountable to the state's taxpayers.
The resulting video "Stop the Scam" calls for Illinois to tackle its welfare programs in order to preserve it for those truly in need:
