Video: Billions wasted in Minnesota fraud By HPN Staff As fraud investigations continue in Minnesota, the state attorney general has charged a healthcare provider with bilking $3 million from the state’s Medicaid program. Minnesota Republican Floor Leader Harry Niska told Policy Platform News that billions of tax dollars are being wasted because of the rampant fraud in his state. SUGGESTED STORIES GAO says ACA fraud is rampant Congress is expected to tackle the extension of Affordable Care Act health insurance benefits this month. Those subsidies expired on Dec. 31. 2025. But as Congress debated whether to extend the ACA benefits, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) echoed reports f Read more Better long-term care for billions less This is a lightly edited excerpt of an article from the Cato Institute. Those who believe catastrophic asset spend-down is the dominant precursor to Medicaid enrollment will excoriate this approach. They will claim incorrectly that the existing long-term care (LTC) Read more Minnesota Republican says limiting social service fraud is possible. Here’s how. On Friday, Jan. 23, a federal judge ruled the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must continue to fund federal child care subsidies and other social service programs in five states where the Trump administration had suspected rampant fraud. The funds Read more
GAO says ACA fraud is rampant Congress is expected to tackle the extension of Affordable Care Act health insurance benefits this month. Those subsidies expired on Dec. 31. 2025. But as Congress debated whether to extend the ACA benefits, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) echoed reports f Read more
Better long-term care for billions less This is a lightly edited excerpt of an article from the Cato Institute. Those who believe catastrophic asset spend-down is the dominant precursor to Medicaid enrollment will excoriate this approach. They will claim incorrectly that the existing long-term care (LTC) Read more
Minnesota Republican says limiting social service fraud is possible. Here’s how. On Friday, Jan. 23, a federal judge ruled the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must continue to fund federal child care subsidies and other social service programs in five states where the Trump administration had suspected rampant fraud. The funds Read more
