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Wednesday, March 18, 2026

The Trump administration on Tuesday widened its efforts to stamp out Medicaid fraud, at least in its fifth state this year, calling on Florida officials to share information on how they identify, prevent, and address bad actors in their state program. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Mehmet Oz, MD, MBA, had previously sent similar requests to New York, Minnesota, Maine, and California in what has been a growing, Trump administration-wide initiative to crack down on fraud, waste, and abuse.

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some...lots...of this is happening in California.....recent reports show an entire apartment building

hospice center.

Not only are there no patients...each room is 100 % empty even of furniture.

they recently received 1.7 million from you and I .

#1 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2026-03-18 02:51 PM | Reply

don't worry though.....NewSCUM is on it....his team accused the whistleblower of being a pedo.......

so it's all good.

#2 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2026-03-18 02:52 PM | Reply

Florida is the shithole state that keeps electing Medicare thief extraordinaire Rick Scott.

#3 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-03-18 03:05 PM | Reply

"Rick Scott, come on down!"

#4 | Posted by rstybeach11 at 2026-03-18 03:49 PM | Reply | Funny: 1 | Newsworthy 1

You know the thing is there is DEFINITELY fraud that happens, BUT (as I sit here dealing with Medicaid for a relative) can we make this any more f'd up for recipients who are already assuredly disabled? If you aren't, then I don't know how you can fake your way on. I mean I have a guess or two but the vast majority are truly the disabled and destitute.

There is going to be minimal fraud conducted by recipients it will be up the food chain. The government freaking knows everything - including things you don't. And the sheer ridiculousness of it all... "This was unreported income" well no s--- sherlock, it wasn't required in the reporting as income because it was the PREVIOUS year, what was left was in paperwork in reported accounts and it was all spent on healthcare... I mean the literal absurdity of it all. You have to report income changes (within 10 days) even on Social Security when THEY ALREADY KNOW THE CHANGE BECAUSE IT WAS REPORTED TO THEM.

#5 | Posted by GalaxiePete at 2026-03-18 05:15 PM | Reply

Florida spent $100's of thousands for nada a few years ago Testing Welfare Recipients for drugs... and found a less than 3 percent incidence.

They lost money, looked stupid... had to ditch the new law, and got re-elected anyway.

Florida Man Rules!

#6 | Posted by Corky at 2026-03-18 05:50 PM | Reply

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