Fraud likely exceeds $9 billion in Minnesota-run Medicaid services
Providers in 14 “high-risk,” state-run Medicaid programs being audited by the state have billed $18 billion since 2018, with many possibly fraudulent.
www.usatoday.com
20 Dec 2025 ~~ By Michelle Griffith / Alyssa Chen
Key Points:
- Federal prosecutors have charged several individuals with defrauding Minnesota's human services programs, including some who traveled to the state for "fraud tourism."
- An Assistant U.S. Attorney stated that "half or more" of the $18 billion billed by 14 high-risk Medicaid programs since 2018 could be fraudulent.
- A new federal investigation is underway into another state-run Medicaid program, Integrated Community Supports, following a raid on a home health care provider.
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The extent of fraud in Minnesota human services programs — which has become infamous across the country — is even higher than the public knew.
Providers in 14 “high-risk,” state-run Medicaid programs being
audited by the state have billed $18 billion since 2018, and “half or more” is possibly fraudulent, Thompson said.
“The fraud is not small. It isn’t isolated. The magnitude cannot be overstated,” Thompson said. “What we see in Minnesota is not a handful of bad actors committing crimes. It’s a staggering, industrial-scale fraud. It’s swamping Minnesota and calling into question everything we know about our state.”
It’s unclear how much of the $18 billion in the 14 Medicaid services comes from state taxpayer dollars; around 36% of all Minnesota Medicaid dollars comes from the state, while the rest is funded by the federal government.
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Fraud has roiled Minnesota politics in recent years and it will continue to dominate headlines through the midterm elections. Shortly before Thursday’s press conference, Gov. Tim Walz and House and Senate Democrats criticized the House Fraud Prevention and State Oversight Committee for “playing politics” with fraud.
Commentary:
So to put this in perspective, 9 billions would be .13% of the entire national budget that the United States of America spent, last year stolen by Somali fraudsters, and their grifter, corrupt, scumbag, Democrat political representatives.
That is what we have found just in one state.
Just how much more Billions of tax-payer money is being siphoned off by corrupt politicians and criminal illegal immigrants?