Medicaid fraud

Congress is responsible for oversight but the government is so large that much of this is placed into the hands of different agencies where the bureaucrats take on the job. The result is waste and fraud in programs, especially Medicaid and Medicare. While DOGE exposed a number of cases of waste and fraud it was unpopular because it was more of a private investigation. As a result of the problems uncovered the “Task Force to Eliminate Fraud” was formed in March of 2026 led by VP Vance. Further emphasizing the importance are recent developments in Medicaid fraud. This includes programs to feed children, low-income housing, childcare, autism treatment centers, hospice, unemployment benefits, Covid tax fraud, and foreign aide scams. For many years Medicare fraud where doctors work with criminals to steal using false claims. In many of the latest examples the officials have been compromised and made it difficult to stop fraud even after it was discovered.