Fraud and swindling

US Government to Withhold $259 Million From Minnesota Over Medicaid Fraud

Did Minnesota's fraud detection work as designed or did Democrats enable a Medicaid crisis?

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US Government to Withhold $259 Million From Minnesota Over Medicaid Fraud

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Above: U.S. Vice President JD Vance in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building of the White House on Feb. 25. Image credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images

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Democratic narrative

Minnesota's fraud detection systems worked exactly as designed — state investigators uncovered the schemes, shut down programs, launched prosecutions and referred cases to federal authorities. Claiming credit after Minnesota already froze funds and filed charges is political theater, not legitimate discovery.

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Republican narrative

Withholding $260 million from Minnesota isn't punishment — it's accountability for a Medicaid fraud crisis that Democrats enabled by refusing to verify eligibility and letting billions flow to ineligible recipients. States must immediately cross-check data and end self-attestation or face massive penalties starting in 2030.

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