New York's 1199 SEIU union is benefiting from Gov. Kathy Hochul's revamp of the state's home care Medicaid program. 1199SEIU/ Twitter

New York has been ground zero for one of the worst taxpayer abuses in the history of Medicaid, and now it’s poised to get much worse : A labor union plans to skim hundreds of millions of dollars from Medicaid in New York.

Albany’s Consumer-Directed Personal Assistance Program was set up to help people with serious disabilities avoid costly full-time care in nursing homes.

The idea was to pay caregivers with funds from Medicaid (the joint state-federal health-care program for the poor and disabled that now accounts for about 10% of federal spending) to help patients live independently, saving taxpayers’ money.

But lax rules, bad actors and social medi

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