Is anyone shocked? US Attorney's Office: 'Half or more' of $18B billed through state programs tied to fraud - KSTP 5 Eyewitness News
As the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced a new batch of charges related to suspected fraudulent billing in Minnesota’s government services, officials painted a dire portrait of just how extensive the problem might be.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Joe Thompson on Thursday said the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) pulled claims for 14 programs identified by Minnesota officials as being particularly vulnerable to fraud and found $18 billion in Medicaid billing since 2018.
While not all of those payments were illegitimate, Thompson estimated “half or more” of the $18 billion was received through fraudulent means, though he said prosecutors are still working to find the exact number.
I would love to say that this was because it is a Blue State, but all government is up to no good. Minnesota is just a particularly bad example.
I really don't expect much to come from this, unless the people of Minnesota wake up and take control of their government, and they seem to be more focused on Orange Man Bad than how their tax dollars are spent.
Hat tip to Ace at Ace of Spades HQ: Feds Discover Another $9 Billion in Medicaid Fraud... All in Tim Walz's Pirate Paradise of Minnesota
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