{"id":4442,"date":"2011-07-20T02:17:46","date_gmt":"2011-07-20T06:17:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/?p=4442"},"modified":"2011-07-19T19:05:41","modified_gmt":"2011-07-19T23:05:41","slug":"filmmaker-video-shows-medicaid-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2011\/07\/filmmaker-video-shows-medicaid-fraud","title":{"rendered":"Anti-ACORN filmmaker tapes Medicaid staff helping &#8220;Russian smugglers,&#8221; &#8220;IRA terrorists&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On film released Tuesday, Medicaid advisors appear to\u00a0tell applicants to keep quiet about such things as being Russian drug smugglers, living off the labors of sex workers,\u00a0or that they are seeking medical care for Irish Republican Army terrorists who have sneaked into America after a battle with police.<\/p>\n<p>Filmmaker James O\u2019Keefe says he has film footage that will rival his revelations that shut down the community organizing group ACORN.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday O&#8217;Keefe\u00a0released\u00a0his second installment. The new footage shows a government employee in South Carolina assisting a man who described himself as a member of the Irish Republican Army with Medicaid applications \u2014 ostensibly for 25 IRA members he flew into the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>The man said his 25 IRA associates, who he said were Irish citizens, were \u201cshot up in gunfire in a skirmish.\u201d He said he \u201cexports arms\u201d to Ireland to help the IRA. In response, the woman in the Charleston, South Carolina, Medicaid office said she would keep his activities confidential.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is definitely not in my own best interest to divulge anything to anyone because I could not afford it,\u201d\u00a0says the human service specialist. \u201cI do not want to go to jail, so, I don\u2019t know anything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, O&#8217;Keefe unveiled footage in which an Ohio Medicaid worker advised a man how to get benefits for Russian drug smugglers and young girls working in the sex trade.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2011\/07\/19\/second-o%e2%80%99keefe-medicaid-video-shows-workers-in-sc-nc-helping-ira\/#ixzz1SZGkCwQm\" target=\"_blank\">CLICK HERE to read more<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On film released Tuesday, Medicaid advisors appear to\u00a0tell applicants to keep quiet about such things as being Russian drug smugglers, living off the labors of sex workers,\u00a0or that they are seeking medical care for Irish Republican Army terrorists who have sneaked into America after a battle with police. 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