Trump tries to cut blue-state Medicaid fraud and save more green

Just how bad is Medicaid fraud? Six months ago, Minnesota dominated the news for losing an estimated $9 billion to thieves since 2018. Yet now the federal government is saying that medical providers are likely fraudulently billing about $100 billion every year. The good news is that the Trump administration is now fighting to close what is likely one of the biggest loopholes behind this unprecedented theft of taxpayer money.

On April 21, the administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — Dr.