California pays 270 people to investigate Medicaid fraud. In 2024 they returned 32 indictments. Arizona pays 33 people and returned 82.

 

PeterSchweizer and Eric Eggers break down 'the summer of fraud' on ep. 281 of The Drill Down.

 

Federal Medicaid recoveries went from 1.4B to 2B. CMS withheld 351M from Minnesota and 1.3B from California. Alabama employs seven fraud investigators. Minnesota employs 28.

 

Chapters:

(02:33) The federal numbers

(07:58) California's 32 indictments

(10:37) Alabama has seven

(15:01) 1.9B to the Virgin Islands, zero homes

(19:09) Minnesota and Feeding Our Future

(26:13) What happens when the money stops

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