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Trump administration cuts funding for New York’s Medicaid fraud unit, the same unit the state attorney general says has recovered $627 million since 2019

Trump's administration suspended New York's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit funding through September, despite the unit recovering $627 million in fraud since 2019.

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which suspended funding for New York's Medicaid fraud unit. Via Wikimedia Commons

Trump administration cuts funding for New York’s Medicaid fraud unit, the same unit the state attorney general says has recovered $627 million since 2019

Trump's administration suspended New York's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit funding through September, despite the unit recovering $627 million in fraud since 2019.

Trump administration cuts funding for New York’s Medicaid fraud unit, the same unit the state attorney general says has recovered $627 million since 2019

The Trump administration suspended federal funding for New York’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit on June 30, cutting off the state agency that has recovered more than $627 million in fraudulent Medicaid payments since 2019, according to NBC New York and a press release from the New York Attorney General’s office.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Inspector General Thomas March Bell sent a letter to Attorney General Letitia James and New York MFCU Director Amy Held accusing the unit…

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