1.   A California Health Department official who was hired to catch financial abuses in nursing homes billed taxpayers for a Canadian ski vacation.

2.   But some officers fly on commercial planes, for which the taxpayers eventually are billed.

3.   He billed taxpayers for lodging and meals on his way there and back.

4.   Pacific West billed taxpayers for a Dan Lungren fund-raiser and trips, pay raises and other goodies for its executives, an audit by Caltrans shows.

5.   The claims are about the illicit practice of hospitals billing taxpayers when doctors push new private medical products, Warren said.